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dc.contributor.advisorKidd, Colin
dc.contributor.authorPotocki, Piotr
dc.coverage.spatialiv, 203 p.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-04T15:37:20Z
dc.date.available2017-12-04T15:37:20Z
dc.date.issued2017-12-08
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/12246
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the significance of Catholicism as a political force in Scotland in the years between the restoration of the ecclesiastical hierarchy in 1878 and the Spanish Civil War, exploring the ways in which the Roman Catholic Church sought to assert its presence in Scottish politics and society. Through an examination of the power of the Scottish Church, its affiliated lay organisations and the political attitudes of the laity, this study redresses a historiographical imbalance which has focussed traditionally on the Church’s denominational interests in education. The thesis thus provides a reassessment of the political articulation of Catholicism in modern Scotland, of the degree of ideological coherence amongst Catholics, and of the sources of internal division within the community. The issues covered include expatriate Irish nationalism, the growth and consolidation of the political labour movement, the emergence in the early-to-mid 1920s of the Catholic Action movement as well as the relationship between the Catholic Church and the other major Christian denominations in Scotland. Special attention is paid to the formation of the Catholic-Labour electoral alliance, highlighting its overall importance in providing a new impetus to Catholic political engagement. This thematic approach not only permits concentration on different aspects of Catholic interactions with the wider society, but also enhances understanding of the variety of Catholic responses to contemporary political and social developments.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of St Andrews
dc.subjectCatholicismen_US
dc.subjectScotlanden_US
dc.subjectPoliticsen_US
dc.subjectReligionen_US
dc.subjectNationalismen_US
dc.subjectLabouren_US
dc.subjectSocialismen_US
dc.subjectCommunismen_US
dc.subjectChurchen_US
dc.subjectCatholicen_US
dc.subjectScottishen_US
dc.subjectBritainen_US
dc.subject.lccBX1499.P7
dc.subject.lcshCatholic Church--Scotland--History--19th centuryen
dc.subject.lcshCatholic Church--Scotland--History--20th centuryen
dc.subject.lcshScotland--Politics and government--19th centuryen
dc.subject.lcshScotland--Politics and government--20th centuryen
dc.subject.lcshCatholics--Scotland--Political activityen
dc.subject.lcshReligion and politics--Scotland--Historyen
dc.titleThe Catholic Church and Scottish politics, c. 1878 - c. 1939en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorGibson-Sykora Trusten_US
dc.contributor.sponsorRoyal Historical Society (Great Britain)en_US
dc.contributor.sponsorScottish Catholic Historical Associationen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorUniversity of St Andrewsen_US
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen_US
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD Doctor of Philosophyen_US
dc.publisher.institutionThe University of St Andrewsen_US
dc.rights.embargodate2022-11-20
dc.rights.embargoreasonThesis restricted in accordance with University regulations. Print and electronic copy restricted until 20th November 2022en


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