Brian Heffernan

Freedom and the Fifth Commandment

Catholic priests and political violence in Ireland, 1919-21

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Produktbeschreibung

Addresses the War of Independence from a new perspective by focusing on the attitude of the Catholic clergy

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 434g
• ISBN-13: 9781526106520
• ISBN-10: 1526106523
• Artikelnr.: 45608890

Autorenporträt

Brian Heffernan is a historian of religion who has published on modern Catholicism in Ireland and the Netherlands

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: Obeying the law of God 1. In the old groove:
traditional political alignments 2. The fifth commandment and the brand of
Cain: condemnation from the pulpit 3. Interfering where they shouldn't:
interaction with republicans Part II: Republican priests 4. Sinn Féin
priests: support for Sinn Féin, the Dáil and local IRA units 5. Aiding and
abetting: priests involved in the IRA campaign 6. Troublesome priests:
responses to clerical support for republicanism Part III: the clergy and
the crown 7. Priest and victim: British measures against the clergy 8. The
reign of frightfulness: clerical responses to the British campaign 9.
Preserving the peace: mediation, relief work and political activism
Epilogue Appendices Bibliography Index