The Catholic Church between the nation and state in July and August 1914 -- Italy "antepportas" -- From holy to bloody war -- Guardians of the true faith -- "Austria nova" or "the compass of Austria is pointed southwards" -- "Lift up your heads for your redemption is near!" : the dawn of Yugoslavia
Summary
Drawing on the themes of religious rhetoric, embedded in social and political contexts, this study offers new insights into the manners in which the Catholic Church helped mould the Slovenians' responses to WWI and reconsiders the reasons for the clergy's political actions amid tensions, which resulted in the Habsburg empire's collapse
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Oxford, 2009
