03111nam 22006495 450 991025527990332120251030101957.09781137402813113740281410.1057/978-1-137-40281-3(CKB)3710000001410829(DE-He213)978-1-137-40281-3(MiAaPQ)EBC4883993(PPN)259453870(Perlego)3498306(EXLCZ)99371000000141082920170622d2017 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Catholic Church in Polish History From 966 to the Present /by Sabrina P. Ramet1st ed. 2017.New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2017.1 online resource (XXIX, 300 p. 7 illus. in color.) Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy,2731-67779781137426222 1137426225 The book chronicles the evolution of the church's political power throughout Poland's unique history. Beginning in the tenth century, the study first details how Catholicism overcame early challenges in Poland, from converting the early polytheists to pushing back the Protestant Reformation half a millennium later. It continues into the dawn of the modern age—including the division of Poland between Prussia, Russia, and Austria between 1772 and 1795, the interwar years, the National Socialist occupation of World War Two, and the communist and post-war communist eras—during which The Church only half-correctly presented itself as a steadfast protector of Poles, with clergy members who either stood up to foreign authorities or collaborated with those same Nazi and Communist leaders. This study ends with a consideration of how the Church has taken advantage of the fall of communism to push its own social agenda, at times against the wishes of most Poles.Palgrave Studies in Religion, Politics, and Policy,2731-6777EuropePolitics and governmentReligion and politicsPolitical scienceEurope, CentralHistoryCatholic ChurchEuropean PoliticsPolitics and ReligionPolitical TheoryHistory of Germany and Central EuropeCatholicismEuropePolitics and government.Religion and politics.Political science.Europe, CentralHistory.Catholic Church.European Politics.Politics and Religion.Political Theory.History of Germany and Central Europe.Catholicism.320.94Ramet Sabrina Pauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut943457BOOK9910255279903321The Catholic Church in Polish History2129346UNINA