Popular Catholicism in Nineteenth-Century Germany

Hardback

Main Details

Title Popular Catholicism in Nineteenth-Century Germany
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jonathan Sperber
SeriesPrinceton Legacy Library
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:336
Dimensions(mm): Height 254,Width 178
Category/GenreRoman Catholicism and Roman Catholic churches
ISBN/Barcode 9780691656939
ClassificationsDewey:282.43
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Princeton University Press
Imprint Princeton University Press
Publication Date 23 April 2019
Publication Country United States

Description

Focusing on an area roughly equivalent to the contemporary state of North Rhine-Westphalia, this description of popular religious life between 1830 and 1880 revises established postitions of German historiography. It depicts thee increasing laicization of the first half of the nineteenth century, with its mediocre church attendance and secularized