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Gunpowder and Incense
Now available in English for the first time, Gunpowder and Incense (translated from the Spanish La Pólvora y el Incienso) chronicles the role of the Church in Spanish politics, looking in particular at the Spanish Civil War. Unlike most books on the subject, Hilari Raguer looks beyond the traditional explanation that the war was primarily a religious struggle. His writing presents an exemplary "insider's" perspective, and is notable for its balance and perception on the role of the Catholic Church before, during and after the War. The material is presented in a lucid, elegant manner - which makes this book as readable as it is historiographically important. It will be vital reading for students and scholars of European, religious and modern history.
Franco
General Francisco Franco, also called the Caudillo, was the dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. His life has been examined in many previous biographies. However, most of these have been traditional, linear biographies that focus on Franco’s military and political careers, neglecting the significance of who exactly Franco was for the millions of Spaniards over whom he ruled for almost forty years. In this new biography Antonio Cazorla-Sanchez looks at Franco from a fresh perspective, emphasizing the cultural and social over the political. Cazorla-Sanchez's Franco uses previously unknown archival sources to analyse how the dictator was portrayed by the propaganda machine, ho...
Francoist Repression and Incarceration in Contemporary Spanish Culture
This book examines the cultural articulation of Spanish History (and histories (remembered, meaningful experiences). It analyzes how real people and fictional characters experience the rupture of post-war repression, as their vindicating collective memory counters the authoritarian narrative and laws that demonized and criminalized them. The book, that breaks the persistent cycle of denial of Francoist malfeasance, is a resource for scholars and students who research the representation of Spain’s dictatorship, its aftermath and the recovery of postdictatorial memory.
Cartes de l'exili, 1939-1949
Antoni Rovira i Virgili s'exilià a França el gener del 1939 i morí a Perpinyà el 1949. Al llarg d'aquests onze anys desenvolupà una intensa activitat en els camps polític i cultural. Aquest volum recull més de quatre-centes cartes, fonamentals per al coneixement de la vida pública a l'exili i per a la comprensió del seu pensament i de l'obra de Rovira i Virgili.
Confessional Cinema
Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Film, Religion, and the Desarrollismo Period -- 1 Lighting Sainthood in the Time of Technocracy -- 2 Praying for Development in Post-Vatican II Comedies -- 3 Gender and Modernization in Nun Films -- 4 Narratives of Suspicion: Religion in the Nuevo Cine Español -- Conclusion: Spanish Cinema at the Intersection of Religion and Politics -- Notes -- Filmography -- Works Cited -- Index
Rosary, the Republic and the Right
The birth of the Second Spanish Republic in April 1931 ushered in a period of possible secularisation to Spain. Liberals welcomed legal changes, while conservatives feared the special 'privileges' they enjoyed would end. The Catholic Church remained a central focus of left-wing antagonism and right-wing allegiances, and conflicts surrounding the future of religion grew severe. While members of the Spanish Catholic hierarchy had clearly supported the right and disdained the left, the actions and opinions of the Vatican and its hierarchy stationed in Spain were much more nuanced. Similarly, when conservative military action plunged Spain into a Civil War in July 1936, the majority of the Spani...
Pujol: todo era mentira (1930-1962)
“Nuestro propósito ha sido desenmascarar a Pujol precisamente en cuanto se refiere a aquella época, la menos conocida de su vida –no le faltan motivos para esconderla, tal como veremos– y que resulta fundamental para hacerse una idea cabal del personaje y poder interpretar su actuación posterior. Es en sus años de infancia y de juventud donde están muchas de las claves para descifrar su existencia. Él mismo afirmó en relación a esta época que «este primer volumen [de sus Memorias] explica cómo se fue creando una personalidad». Es la llave de paso a su pensamiento y acción política, pues, como dijo él mismo, «no se podría entender nada de mi quehacer político y social ...
Salvador Rial, vicari del cardenal de la pau
La primera biografia d’un personatge controvertit, que governà l’arxidiòcesi de Tarragona, en nom del cardenal Vidal i Barraquer, durant la segona part de la guerra civil i la primera postguerra.
The Spanish Civil War as a Religious Tragedy
The Spanish Civil War was one of the most passionate idealogical conflicts of modern times. It was the greatest and last struggle between traditional Catholicism and liberal secularism. To many, religion became the most divisive issue of the war, the single problem that distinguished one fraction from another. The Spanish Civil War as a Religious Tragedy is the first full-length comprehensive study of the religious dimension of the Spanish conflict. Drawing on memoirs, eye-witness accounts, the religious press of the period, and a thorough reading of secondary literature, José M. Sánchez objectively examines the events, issues, attitudes, and effects of the war and corrects the mythology t...
