Format:
ca. 296 S.
ISBN:
9781137274182
Content:
British Catholics and Fascism is a comprehensive study of the way in which British Catholic communities reacted to fascism both at home and abroad. Drawing on substantial primary research, Tom Villis sheds new light on religious identity and political extremism in early twentieth-century Britain. He examines the careers and thought of numerous prominent Catholic writers and cultural commentators as well as the role of the Catholic press more generally, the views of the hierarchy and the overtures which the British Union of Fascists made to the Ca
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Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Catholic Fascists?; 2 The Hierarchy; 3 ThePress; 4 The Chesterbelloc; 5 Campbell, Dawson, Burns and Wall: Catholic Writers and the Crisis of Liberalism; 6 The Catholic Literary Right; 7 Literary Catholicism and Fascism in Wales; 8 Catholic Anti-Fascism; Conclusion; Notes; Select bibliography; Index
Additional Edition:
9781137274199
Additional Edition:
Print version British Catholics and Fascism : Religious Identity and Political Extremism Between the Wars
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.1057/9781137274199
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