Culture Wars: Secular-Catholic Conflict in Nineteenth-Century Europe

by Edited by Christopher Clark , Wolfram Kaiser

• ISBN13: 9780521809979
• ISBN10: 0521809975
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Twelve essays from a team of European experts examine the struggle that broke out between secular and religious forces in late nineteenth-century Europe. They highlight the role of trans-national forces and their interaction with local conditions. This collection combines an account of the impact of secular-religious strife, at the level of high politics, with case studies that elucidate the meaning of culture war for specific regions and communities.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	vii
List of contributors	viii
Introduction: The European culture wars	1	(10)
Christopher Clark and Wolfram Kaiser
1 The New Catholicism and the European culture wars	11	(36)
Christopher Clark
2 'Clericalism - that is our enemy!': European anticlericalism and the culture wars	47	(30)
Wolfram Kaiser
3 'Priest hits girl': on the front line in the 'war of the two Frances'	77	(25)
James McMillan
4 The battle for monasteries, cemeteries and schools: Belgium	102	(27)
Els Witte
5 Contested rituals and the battle for public space: the Netherlands	129	(23)
Peter Jan Margry and Henk te Velde
6 Nonconformity, clericalism and 'Englishness': the United Kingdom	152	(29)
J.P. Parry
7 The assault on the city of the Levites: Spain	181	(21)
Julio de la Cueva
8 Roma o morte: culture wars in Italy	202	(25)
Martin Papenheim
9 Enemies at the gate: the Moabit Klostersturm and the Kulturkampf: Germany	227	(28)
Manuel Borutta
10 Village quarrels and national controversies: Switzerland	255	(30)
Heidi Bossard-Borner
11 The Counter-Reformations last stand: Austria	285	(28)
Laurence Cole
12 The uncivil origins of civil marriage: Hungary	313	(23)
Robert Nemes
Annotated bibliography	336	(30)
Index	366