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
Summary
This book is about the struggle that broke out between secular and religious forces in late nineteenth-century Europe. With its genuinely European focus and its innovative approach, this volume offers a fresh and revealing perspective on one of the main formative conflicts of modern European history
