LEADER 03069nam 2200541 450 001 9910798734803321 005 20230810001114.0 010 $a90-04-32879-3 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004328792 035 $a(CKB)3710000000886325 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4715192 035 $a 2016042389 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004328792 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000886325 100 $a20160913d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Vatican and Mussolini's Italy /$fby Lucia Ceci 210 1$aLeiden ;$aBoston :$cBrill,$d[2017] 215 $a1 online resource (351 pages) 300 $aTranslantion of: L'interesse superiore : il Vaticano e l'Italia di Mussolini. Roma : Laterza, 2013. 311 $a90-04-30859-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aPreliminary 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. 330 $aLucia 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. 606 $aFascism and the Catholic Church$zItaly$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aChurch and state$zItaly$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zItaly 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xReligious aspects$xCatholic Church 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCauses 607 $aItaly$xForeign relations$xCatholic Church 607 $aItaly$xPolitics and government$y1922-1945 615 0$aFascism and the Catholic Church$xHistory 615 0$aChurch and state$xHistory 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xReligious aspects$xCatholic Church. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCauses. 676 $a322.10945 700 $aCeci$b Lucia$f1967-$0475184 801 0$bNL-LeKB 801 1$bNL-LeKB 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798734803321 996 $aThe Vatican and Mussolini's Italy$93721667 997 $aUNINA