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The Prussian State and the Catholic Church in Prussian Poland 1871-1914

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 January 2017

Lech Trzeciakowski
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Despite the fact that the relationship between the Prussian state and the Catholic Church had an important influence on the course of events in the eastern provinces of the German Empire, no monographic study has been devoted to the subject. Works dealing with church history, the nationality question, or the Kulturkampf have given a certain amount of attention to the problem, but without elaboration of the issues involved and as a rule with limited reliance on primary source material. This article may well be the first attempt to grapple with the problem during the period 1871 to 1914. In addition to the standard published works on the subject, numerous archival sources have been consulted, especially those of the Prussian state and the German Empire.

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Slavic Review , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , December 1967 , pp. 618 - 637
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Copyright © Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies. 1967

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This article was translated from the Polish by Mr. Stanislaus A. Blejwas, doctoral candidate in Polish history at Columbia University.

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38 Jakbbczyk, “Ks. Piotr Wawrzyniak,” pp. 386-400.