Church, Politics, and Society in Spain, 1750-1874

by William James Callahan

This contribution to European historical literature--based on extensive research in Madrid--provides a clear and dispassionate account of successive ecclesiastical-secular conflicts and controversies, and deftly summarizes the diverse ideological and intellectual currents of the times.

Nowhere in Europe has the Roman Catholic Church exerted a more mystical hold on the life of a nation than it has in Spain. Yet this hold has not been unchanging...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674131258
• ISBN13: 9780674131255
• Release Date: August 1984
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 325 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.6"