The Faith and the Fury: Popular Anticlerical Violence and Iconoclasm in Spain, 1931-1936 (Canada Blanch/Sussex Academic Studies on Contemporary Spain) by Maria Thomas ISBN 13: 9781845195465

Brighton: Sussex Academic Press, 2012. First edition. Hard cover. New in new dust jacket. 272 p. Audience: General/trade.

Sussex Academic Press, 2013. Dust jacket has 1" tear to top right corner. Book itself like new with no significant wear. ***Shipped within 24 hours from the beautiful Baltimore inner harbor area. First class service; accurate descriptions. Most items packed in boxes, not envelopes.***. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Hardback. New. The five-year period following the proclamation of the Republic in April 1931 was marked by physical assaults upon the property and public ritual of the Spanish Catholic Church. These attacks were generally carried out by rural and urban anticlerical workers who were frustrated by the Republic's practical inability to tackle the Church's vast power. On 17- 18 July 1936, a right-wing military rebellion divided Spain geographically, provoking the radical fragmentation of power in territory which remained under Republican authority. The coup marked the beginning of a conflict which developed into a full-scale civil war. Anticlerical protagonists, with the reconfigured structure of political opportunities working in their favour, participated in an unprecedented wave of iconoclasm and violence against the clergy. During the first six months of the conflict, innumerable religious buildings were destroyed and almost 7,000 religious personnel were killed. To date, scholarly… Read More

Sussex Academic Pr, 2012. Hardcover. New. 269 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.

Sussex Academic Pr, 2012. Hardcover. New. 269 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.