03069nam 2200541 450 991079873480332120230810001114.090-04-32879-310.1163/9789004328792(CKB)3710000000886325(MiAaPQ)EBC4715192 2016042389(nllekb)BRILL9789004328792(EXLCZ)99371000000088632520160913d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe Vatican and Mussolini's Italy /by Lucia CeciLeiden ;Boston :Brill,[2017]1 online resource (351 pages)Translantion of: L'interesse superiore : il Vaticano e l'Italia di Mussolini. Roma : Laterza, 2013.90-04-30859-8 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Religion, War, Nation -- Transitions -- The Holiest of Nations -- The Most Roman of Empires -- Public Cheers, Confidential Showdown -- Punishment and Purification -- Atonement -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.Lucia Ceci reconstructs the relationship between the Catholic Church and Fascism. New sources from the Vatican Archives throw fresh light on individual aspects of this complex relationship: the accession of Mussolini to power, the war in Ethiopia, the racial laws, the comparison between Pius XI and Pius XII. This book offers a comprehensive reconstruction of this encounter, explaining the criteria that led Catholics to support a dictatorial, warmongering and racist regime. In contrast to the traditional periodization, the history begins with the childhood of Mussolini in the final years of the nineteenth century, and ends with the sudden collapse of his puppet regime, in 1945. This means to some extent placing in a different light the exceptional nature of the ventennio. The Italian original L’interesse superiore, Il Vaticano e l’Italia di Mussolini has won the “Friuli Storia” Prize for Studies of Contemporary History.Fascism and the Catholic ChurchItalyHistory20th centuryChurch and stateItalyHistory20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945ItalyWorld War, 1939-1945Religious aspectsCatholic ChurchWorld War, 1939-1945CausesItalyForeign relationsCatholic ChurchItalyPolitics and government1922-1945Fascism and the Catholic ChurchHistoryChurch and stateHistoryWorld War, 1939-1945World War, 1939-1945Religious aspectsCatholic Church.World War, 1939-1945Causes.322.10945Ceci Lucia1967-475184NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910798734803321The Vatican and Mussolini's Italy3721667UNINA