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The Faith and the Fury - Popular Anticlerical Violence and Iconoclasm in Spain, 1931-1936 (Paperback)
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The Faith and the Fury - Popular Anticlerical Violence and Iconoclasm in Spain, 1931-1936 (Paperback)
Series: LSE Studies in Spanish History
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The five-year period following the proclamation of the Republic in
April 1931 was marked by physical assaults upon the property and
public ritual of the Spanish Catholic Church. These attacks were
generally carried out by rural and urban anticlerical workers who
were frustrated by the Republics practical inability to tackle the
Churchs vast power. On 17-18 July 1936, a right-wing military
rebellion divided Spain geographically, provoking the radical
fragmentation of power in territory which remained under Republican
authority. The coup marked the beginning of a conflict which
developed into a full-scale civil war. Anticlerical protagonists,
with the reconfigured structure of political opportunities working
in their favour, participated in an unprecedented wave of
iconoclasm and violence against the clergy. During the first six
months of the conflict, innumerable religious buildings were
destroyed and almost 7,000 religious personnel were killed. To
date, scholarly interpretations of these violent acts were linked
to irrationality, criminality and primitiveness. However, the
reasons for these outbursts are more complex and deep-rooted:
Spanish popular anticlericalism was undergoing a radical process of
reconfiguration during the first three decades of the twentieth
century. During a period of rapid social, cultural and political
change, anticlerical acts took on new -- explicitly political --
meanings, becoming both a catalyst and a symptom of social change.
After 17-18 July 1936, anticlerical violence became a constructive
force for many of its protagonists: an instrument with which to
build a new society. This book explores the motives, mentalities
and collective identities of the groups involved in anticlericalism
during the pre-war Spanish Second Republic and the Spanish Civil
War, and is essential reading for all those interested in
twentieth-century Spanish history. Published in association with
the Canada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies.
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