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European Anti-Catholicism in a Comparative and Transnational Perspective, 1750-2000

Werner, Yvonne Maria LU orcid and Harvard, Jonas (2013) In European Studies: An Interdisciplinary Series in European Culture, History and Politics. 31.
Abstract
International research has emphasised the importance of anti-Catholicism for the processes of identity formation across Europe, both for established Protestant Churches and for national liberal movements. The connection between anti-Catholicism and other ‘anti’ movements such as antisemitism, anti-feminism, and anti-socialism has also been pointed out. Much like these movements, anti-Catholicism was a transnational cultural phenomenon, and similarly negative accusations and stereotypes regarding Catholicism existed in a number of countries. Anti-Catholic literature formed an international genre that spread across the European continent.



The purpose of this volume is to show how different national contexts affected the... (More)
International research has emphasised the importance of anti-Catholicism for the processes of identity formation across Europe, both for established Protestant Churches and for national liberal movements. The connection between anti-Catholicism and other ‘anti’ movements such as antisemitism, anti-feminism, and anti-socialism has also been pointed out. Much like these movements, anti-Catholicism was a transnational cultural phenomenon, and similarly negative accusations and stereotypes regarding Catholicism existed in a number of countries. Anti-Catholic literature formed an international genre that spread across the European continent.



The purpose of this volume is to show how different national contexts affected the proliferation of anti-Catholic messages over the course of four centuries of European history, from 1600 to 2000. Factors such as the legal status of various faiths and their opportunities for proselytising, the relation between state and church, transnational cultural relations, and the development of different media and channels for communication all provide clues as to the general patterns governing anti-Catholicism as a societal force. (Less)
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LU orcid and Harvard, Jonas
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Anti-Catholicism, Protestantism, transnational, cultural heritage, cross-cultural, national identity, culture wars, unifying other, anticlericalism, secularisation
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European Studies: An Interdisciplinary Series in European Culture, History and Politics.
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31
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Rodopi
ISBN
978-90-420-3707-6
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‘The Catholic danger’. Anti-Catholicism and the formation of a Nordic national identity 1815-1965
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English
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The purpose of this volume is to show how different national contexts affected the proliferation of anti-Catholic messages over the course of four centuries of European history, from 1600 to 2000. Factors such as the legal status of various faiths and their opportunities for proselytising, the relation between state and church, transnational cultural relations, and the development of different media and channels for communication all provide clues as to the general patterns governing anti-Catholicism as a societal force.}},
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