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Author Meyer, Jean A., 1942- author.

Title The Cristero Rebellion : the Mexican people between church and state, 1926-1929 / Jean A. Meyer ; translated by Richard Southern
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1976

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 260 pages) : illustrations
Series Cambridge Latin American studies ; 24
Cambridge Latin American studies ; 24.
Contents pt. I: The conflict between church and state -- pt. II. The Cristeros -- pt. III. After the peace
Summary The Cristero movement is an essential part of the Mexican Revolution. When in 1926 relations between Church and state, old enemies and old partners, eventually broke down, when the churches closed and the liturgy was suspended, Rome, Washington and Mexico, without ever losing their heads, embarked upon a long game of chess. These years were crucial, because they saw the setting up of the contemporary political system. The state established its omnipotence, supported by a bureaucratic apparatus and a strong privileged class. Just at the moment when the state thought that it was finally supreme, at the moment at which it decided to take control of the Church, the Cristero movement arose, a spontaneous mass movement, particularly of peasants, unique in its spread, its duration, and its popular character. For obvious reasons, the existing literature has both denied its reality and slandered it
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-252) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Catholic Church
SUBJECT Catholic Church fast
Subject Church and state -- Mexico.
Cristero Rebellion, 1926-1929.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
Church and state
Guerra Cristera
Kirche
Staat
SUBJECT Mexico -- History -- 1910-1946. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084592
Subject Mexico
Mexiko
Genre/Form History
Cristeros.
Form Electronic book
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