Catholic Churches and Mass Mobilization in Austrian Galicia 1890-1914
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- Thu 01 Feb 2018 15.00 - 17.00
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Catholic Churches and Mass Mobilization in Austrian Galicia 1890-1914
For the citizens of Europe, the late nineteenth century was marked by the beginning of mass mobilization. In many states, including the Habsburg Empire, people were transformed from subjects into citizens and the representatives of certain political preferences and national identities. I research the beginning of this mass mobilization process with specific attention to the role of the Catholic Church in Austrian Galicia, as the Church was a leading social institution and set an example of action for its laity. With this thesis, I aim to contribute to the history of mass mobilization and social history by emphasizing the changes and challenges that the mass mobilization process brought to the Catholic Church (divided in Galicia into the Greek Catholic and the Roman Catholic churches) and its laity during the fin de siècle. The Greek and Roman Catholic churches, which I understand as consisting of high hierarchs, clergy, and laypeople, were important players in the mass mobilization process and managed to influence it dramatically. The beginning of mass mobilization challenged the strong position of the hierarchy and clergy and stimulated them to produce new strategies and values in order to remain influential and important, especially for their laity. By laity, I mean those who were part of these institutions, more precisely the peasants.
Sala dei Levrieri - Villa Salviati- Castle
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Sala dei Levrieri - Villa Salviati- Castle
For the citizens of Europe, the late nineteenth century was marked by the beginning of mass mobilization. In many states, including the Habsburg Empire, people were transformed from subjects into citizens and the representatives of certain political preferences and national identities. I research the beginning of this mass mobilization process with specific attention to the role of the Catholic Church in Austrian Galicia, as the Church was a leading social institution and set an example of action for its laity. With this thesis, I aim to contribute to the history of mass mobilization and social history by emphasizing the changes and challenges that the mass mobilization process brought to the Catholic Church (divided in Galicia into the Greek Catholic and the Roman Catholic churches) and its laity during the fin de siècle. The Greek and Roman Catholic churches, which I understand as consisting of high hierarchs, clergy, and laypeople, were important players in the mass mobilization process and managed to influence it dramatically. The beginning of mass mobilization challenged the strong position of the hierarchy and clergy and stimulated them to produce new strategies and values in order to remain influential and important, especially for their laity. By laity, I mean those who were part of these institutions, more precisely the peasants.
- Location:
- Sala dei Levrieri - Villa Salviati- Castle
- Affiliation:
- Department of History and Civilization
- Type:
- Thesis defence
- Contact:
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Francesca Parenti
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- Supervisor:
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Pavel Kolar (EUI - Department of History and Civilization)
- Defendant:
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Zoriana Melnyk (EUI - Department of History and Civilization)
- Examiner:
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Pieter Judson
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Kerstin Susanne Jobst (University of Vienna)
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Yaroslaw Hrycak (Ukrainian Catholic University)
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