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An Irish Dimension to a British Kulturkampf?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 August 2005

COLIN BARR
COLIN BARR
Affiliation:
Ave Maria University, 1025 Commons Circle, Naples, Florida 34119, USA; e-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

In the second half of the nineteenth century, most European nations experienced a period of state-sponsored anti-Catholic legislation that has come to be known by the German term Kulturkampf. The question that this article seeks to address is whether or not the United Kingdom, and specifically Ireland, can be said to have experienced such a phenomenon. By examining the case of Robert O'Keeffe, a Roman Catholic parish priest who sued the cardinal archbishop of Dublin in the civil courts, it is possible to determine both whether Britain experienced a Kulturkampf, and to offer some suggestions as to why the United Kingdom appears to have been different in this regard from its European neighbours.

Type
Review Article
Information
The Journal of Ecclesiastical History , Volume 56 , Issue 3 , July 2005 , pp. 473 - 495
Copyright
© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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