Brian Heffernan

Freedom and the Fifth Commandment (eBook, ePUB)

Catholic priests and political violence in Ireland, 1919-21

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The guerilla war waged between the IRA and the crown forces between 1919 and 1921 was a pivotal episode in the modern history of Ireland. This book addresses the War of Independence from a new perspective by focusing on the attitude of a powerful social elite: the Catholic clergy.

The close relationship between Irish nationalism and Catholicism was put to the test when a pugnacious new republicanism emerged after the 1916 Easter rising. When the IRA and the crown forces became involved in a guerilla war between 1919 and 1921, priests had to define their position anew.

Using a wealth of source material, much of it newly available, this book assesses the clergy's response to political violence. It describes how the image of shared victimhood at the hands of the British helped to contain tensions between the clergy and the republican movement, and shows how the links between Catholicism and Irish nationalism were sustained.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526117984
• Artikelnr.: 48795262

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