Culture wars : secular-Catholic conflict in nineteenth-century Europe / edited by Christopher Clark and Wolfram Kaiser.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clark, Christopher M., editor.

Kaiser, Wolfram, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Europe--History--19th century.

Catholic Church.

Europe--Church history--19th century.

Europe.

Europe--History--1789-1900.

Europe--Politics and government--1789-1900.

Europe--Intellectual life--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 368 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Across nineteenth-century Europe, the emergence of constitutional and democratic nation-states was accompanied by intense conflict between Catholics and anticlerical forces. At its peak, this conflict touched virtually every sphere of social life: schools, universities, the press, marriage and gender relations, burial rites, associational culture, the control of public space, folk memory and the symbols of nationhood. In short, these conflicts were 'culture wars', in which the values and collective practices of modern life were at stake. These 'culture wars' have generally been seen as a chapter in the history of specific nation-states. Yet it has recently become increasingly clear that the Europe of the mid- and later nineteenth century should also be seen as a common politico-cultural space. This book breaks with the conventional approach by setting developments in specific states within an all-European and comparative context, offering a fresh and revealing perspective on one of modernity's formative conflicts.

Contents:

The new Catholicism and the European culture wars / Christopher Clark

'Clericalism

that is our enemy!': European anticlericalism and the culture wars / Wolfram Kaiser

'Priest hits girl': on the front line in the 'war of the two Frances' / James McMillan

The battle for monasteries, cemeteries and schools: Belgium / Els Witte

Contested rituals and the battle for public space: the Netherlands / Peter Jan Margry and Henk te Velde

Nonconformity, clericalism and 'Englishness': the United Kingdom / J.P. Parry

The assault of the city of Levites: Spain / Julio de la Cueva

Roma o morte: culture wars in Italy / Martin Papenheim

Enemies at the gate: the Moabit Klostersturm and the Kulturkampf: Germany / Manuel Borutta

Village quarrels and national controversies: Switzerland / Heidi Bossard-Borner

The Counter-Reformation's last stand: Austria / Laurence Cole

The uncivil origins of civil marriage: Hungary / Robert Nemes.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 336-365) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-13216-9

1-280-16099-3

0-511-12006-0

0-511-06417-9

0-511-20490-6

0-511-30777-2

0-511-49671-0

0-511-07263-5

OCLC:

252482486