Britannia's Religion

[vicks111.livejournal.com]

Religion has been mentioned offhand many times in Geass, but never actually stated. I started thinking about this from a review and Clovis' few chosen words. I would really like to hear everyone's opinion on this, maybe we can figure it out XD

SPOILERS FOR GEASS HISTORY AND EP 21

Ok, is the Empire christian or not? I think it was pretty much given by its name "Holy Empire of Britannia", but apparently since Julius Cesar did not conquer England, then they did not became christians. However, if you think about it, Catholicism still became big, even if England was not part of the empire. It is logical to think, that even if they were not officially christian, the Church was pretty big back in the medieval ages and renaissance and they must have had an impact.

It's interesting that the Geass history mentions Elizabeth I, which set the foundation for the Church of England. But then Elizabeth III abdicated the throne of England. She was no longer Queen and Napoleon invaded. She came to the Americas, and it's given that the rest of the Empire came under her rule.

Now, if she abdicated and there was no (mentioned) war in the Americas, she must have pulled something big to scare the Spaniards away. By the time she arrived in US, the South American colonies were starting the process of Independence. They would not have relinquished their land so easily, since they even fought war with Spain. The Central American colonies would have annexed easily, but not South America.
She was no longer Queen of England, and had no other power but loyalty from those that came with her. To be able to create such an empire as Britannia (just the continent) without turmoil, she must have had help from the Catholic church. And the Americas would have not accepted a queen that was not crowned by the Pope.

...Now I want to see if Lulu gets crowned by a priest XD
......and yes, I am a wee bit obsessive with the most random things. You can clearly see I have given this much a thought.

Comments

[lavaliere]

If I remember correctly, isn't there a Catholic (or at least some denomination of Christian) priest speaking at the funeral of Shirley's dad? If I'm correct (too lazy to check atm), then it's possible that Catholicism, or at least the Church of England, still is prevelent in the Britannian culter, even if it's taken a bit of a back seat to everything else (including the Cult of Geass)

[moonloop.livejournal.com]

I noticed there was a priest there and everything. So I would have to agree with you there. However there may be different religions throughout Britannia but the majority being Christian or even Catholics. But like a few posts said up there they might have their own or simply haven't made religion an important issue more or less.

[debilitate.livejournal.com]

Irrelevant to this post, I know, but, hales731? Can you IM me? I forgot your new IM, and I got something to show you~ :3