The Faith and the Fury: Popular Anticlerical Violence and Iconoclasm in Spain, 1931-1936

by Maria Thomas

Book Overview

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 Republic's practical inability to tackle the Church's vast power. On 17- 18 July 1936, a right-wing military rebellion divided Spain geographically, provoking the radical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789760135
• ISBN13: 9781789760132
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"