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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781246403321

Autore

Pease Neal

Titolo

Rome's most faithful daughter [[electronic resource] ] : the Catholic Church and independent Poland, 1914-1939 / / Neal Pease

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, Ohio, : Ohio University Press, c2009

ISBN

0-8214-4362-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Collana

Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series

Disciplina

327.456/3404380904

Soggetti

Church and state - Poland - History - 20th century

Secularism - Poland - History - 20th century

Poland Foreign relations Catholic Church

Poland Church history 20th century

Poland Politics and government 1918-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Polonia restituta : the Catholic Church and the revival of Poland -- Il Papa Polacco : the making of Pius XI, 1918-1922 -- From constitution to concordat, 1921-1925 -- Papal blessing : church and state in the Piłsudski era, 1926-1935 -- The friends and enemies of Catholic Poland -- Vilna and Lwów : the Catholic minorities of Eastern Poland -- Poland, the Orthodox, and the conversion of Russia -- Post mortem : Piłsudski lies uneasy in the grave -- Oratio pro pace : Pius XII and the coming of the Second World War.

Sommario/riassunto

When an independent Poland reappeared on the map of Europe after World War I, it was widely regarded as the most Catholic country on the continent, as "Rome's Most Faithful Daughter." All the same, the relations of the Second Polish Republic with the Church-both its representatives inside the country and the Holy See itself-proved far more difficult than expected.  Based on original research in the libraries and depositories of four countries, including recently opened collections in the Vatican Secret Archives, Rome's Most Faithful Daughter: The Catholic Church and Independent Poland, 1914-1