For God and liberty : Catholicism and revolution in the Atlantic world, 1790-1861 /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2022
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Abstract: | At the heart of the Age of Revolution in Spanish America was a transatlantic Catholic civil war. Each side of this religious divide operated from within a self-conscious intercontinental network of like-minded Catholics. The traditional narrative of the transitions from monarchy to independent republicanism as a process of secularization misses completely the warring factions in the Church who vied to define man's relation to God and, therefore, the proper order of temporal authority. For its central protagonists, the era's crisis of sovereignty provided a political stage for religious commitments, and everywhere local interests intersected with transnational currents. The New World's sacred vision of liberty is revealed in the enormous archive of reformist theology, republican advocacy, and official reports of often bloody confrontations that marked this religious conflict. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| ISBN: | 9780197610237 0197610234 9780197610220 0197610226 |