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Author Pease, Neal.

Title Rome's most faithful daughter : the Catholic Church and independent Poland, 1914-1939 / Neal Pease
Published Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 288 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits
Series Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series
Ohio University Press Polish and Polish-American studies series.
Contents 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
Summary 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. Rome's Most Faithful Daughter: The Catholic Church and Independent Poland, 1914-1939 presents the first scholarly history of the close but complex political relationship of Poland with the Catholic Church during the interwar period. Neal Pease addresses the centrality of Poland in the Vatican's plans to convert the Soviet Union to Catholicism and the curious reluctance of each successive Polish government to play the role assigned to it. He also reveals the complicated story of the relations of Polish Catholicism with Jews, Freemasons, and other minorities within the country and what the response of Pope Pius XII to the Nazi German invasion of Poland in 1939 can tell us about his controversial policies during World War II. --From publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Piłsudski, Józef, 1867-1935.
SUBJECT Piłsudski, Józef, 1867-1935 fast
Subject Catholic Church -- Poland -- History -- 20th century
Catholic Church -- Poland -- Bishops -- History -- 20th century
Catholic Church -- Foreign relations -- Poland
Catholic Church -- History -- 20th century.
Catholic Church -- Bishops -- History -- 20th century
SUBJECT Catholic Church fast
Subject Church and state -- Poland -- History -- 20th century
Secularism -- Poland -- History -- 20th century
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
Bishops
Church and state
Diplomatic relations
International relations
Politics and government
Secularism
SUBJECT Poland -- Foreign relations -- Catholic Church
Poland -- Church history -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85103987
Poland -- Politics and government -- 1918-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85104116
Subject Poland
Genre/Form Church history
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780821443620
0821443623