Maria Thomas
Biographic Data
| ID | 3692359 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maria Thomas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maria |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomas |
| SIGNATURE | THOMAS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Exeter |
| ORCID | 0009-0006-4648-8373 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Songlines for Parkinson's: The Process of Co-Developing a New Music-and-Movement Group-Based Intervention to Improve Mood and Movement for Parkinson's
Participatory research promotes inclusive practice and enables stakeholder expertise to be recognized as a valuable contribution throughout the research cycle. However, there is little guidance regarding how to disseminate these qualitative processes, and the methodological insights gained. Based on preliminary research, we had developed a session framework for a new intervention using music to improve motor and non-motor symptoms for people with…
Mucho malo for fascisti’: Languages and Transnational Soldiers in the Spanish Civil War
This article explores the linguistic experiences of transnational soldiers, using the Spanish Civil War as a case study. It argues that communication difficulties provoked by linguistic diversity within the Republican war effort and particularly within the International Brigades, caused the high command to move from a utopian, internationalist policy to a more pragmatic approach. The article evaluates the role played by language intermediaries in…
Martyrs, memory and misrepresentation: The Spanish Catholic Church, religious persecution and the Spanish Civil War
This article explores the ways in which the victims of anticlerical violence during the Spanish Civil War have been represented and remembered by the Spanish ecclesiastical hierarchy and Catholic hagiographers, examining the period from the Spanish Civil War up to the present day. It sustains that the discourse of martyrdom forged by the Catholic Church during the Civil War and the Dictatorship played a crucial role in legitimating the rebel war …
Catholicism and the End of Dictatorship in Portugal and Spain: Convergences and Contrasts
This article examines the roles played by the Catholic hierarchy, clergy and laity in democratisation processes in Portugal and Spain. It analyses the years which preceded the 1974 Carnation Revolution and the death of Franco in 1975 in order to offer a comparative approach to religion in transition in both societies. The article argues that the considerable divergences which existed between Catholic experiences and actions during the 1960s and e…
Beryl & June
Sacred Destruction? Anticlericalism, Iconoclasm and the Sacralization of Politics in Twentieth-Century Spain
This article examines the ways in which anticlerical discourses and actions in Spain from the early twentieth century onwards became infused with religious language, sentiments and even belief. Specifically, it focuses on the anticlerical violence and iconoclasm which occurred on Republican territory at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. The protagonists of these acts used a wide repertoire of religiously inspired collective action i…
Political Violence in the Republican Zone of Spain during the Spanish Civil War: Evolving Historiographical Perspectives
The issue of violence committed behind the lines on Republican and Francoist territory during the Spanish Civil War burns at the heart of the memory wars currently being fought in Spanish society over the meanings of the country’s recent, traumatic past. In the academic sphere, debate amongst historians regarding the causes and meanings of violence carried out against and among the civilian population during the conflict is more strongly present …
The Faith and the Fury: The Construction of Anticlerical Collective Identities in Spain, 1874–1931
This article explores the construction of anticlerical collective identities among Spanish workers from the late nineteenth century, outlining the ways in which the daily experience of the Church generated and intensified anticlerical sentiment. From the turn of the century, political, social and cultural changes sparked by industrialization and rural-urban emigration altered the face of ‘traditional’ Spanish popular anticlericalism; newly politi…
Disputando la esfera pública: Violencia anticlerical, conflictividad y el Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, abril de 1931 - julio de 1936
In the months after July 1936, acts of anticlerical violence and iconoclasm underscored attempts to reconfigure radically social relations and the physical landscape in many parts of Republican Spain. Taking the destruction of the Sacred Heart of Jesus as its analytical focus, this text examines the connection between the grassroots battle waged by anticlerical workers against the Catholic Church’s public presence during the peacetime Republican …
The front line of Albion's perfidy. Inputs into the making of British policy towards Spain: The racism and snobbery of Norman king
Recent publications concerning the Spanish Civil War have shown that British policy towards Spain was governed by a fear of left wing politics, as well as class prejudice and racism towards the Spanish proletariat. This article focuses on the activities and opinions of diplomats stationed in Spain during the conflict, revealing that their reports were decisive in forging the policy of Non-Intervention. Specifically, it examines correspondence bet…
Mucho malo for fascisti’: Languages and Transnational Soldiers in the Spanish Civil War
This article explores the linguistic experiences of transnational soldiers, using the Spanish Civil War as a case study. It argues that communication difficulties provoked by linguistic diversity within the Republican war effort and particularly within the International Brigades, caused the high command to move from a utopian, internationalist policy to a more pragmatic approach. The article evaluates the role played by language intermediaries in…
Disputando la esfera pública: Violencia anticlerical, conflictividad y el Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, abril de 1931 - julio de 1936
In the months after July 1936, acts of anticlerical violence and iconoclasm underscored attempts to reconfigure radically social relations and the physical landscape in many parts of Republican Spain. Taking the destruction of the Sacred Heart of Jesus as its analytical focus, this text examines the connection between the grassroots battle waged by anticlerical workers against the Catholic Church’s public presence during the peacetime Republican …
Catholicism and the End of Dictatorship in Portugal and Spain: Convergences and Contrasts
This article examines the roles played by the Catholic hierarchy, clergy and laity in democratisation processes in Portugal and Spain. It analyses the years which preceded the 1974 Carnation Revolution and the death of Franco in 1975 in order to offer a comparative approach to religion in transition in both societies. The article argues that the considerable divergences which existed between Catholic experiences and actions during the 1960s and e…
The Faith and the Fury: The Construction of Anticlerical Collective Identities in Spain, 1874–1931
This article explores the construction of anticlerical collective identities among Spanish workers from the late nineteenth century, outlining the ways in which the daily experience of the Church generated and intensified anticlerical sentiment. From the turn of the century, political, social and cultural changes sparked by industrialization and rural-urban emigration altered the face of ‘traditional’ Spanish popular anticlericalism; newly politi…
The front line of Albion's perfidy. Inputs into the making of British policy towards Spain: The racism and snobbery of Norman king
Recent publications concerning the Spanish Civil War have shown that British policy towards Spain was governed by a fear of left wing politics, as well as class prejudice and racism towards the Spanish proletariat. This article focuses on the activities and opinions of diplomats stationed in Spain during the conflict, revealing that their reports were decisive in forging the policy of Non-Intervention. Specifically, it examines correspondence bet…
The front line of Albion's perfidy. Inputs into the making of British policy towards Spain: The racism and snobbery of Norman king
Recent publications concerning the Spanish Civil War have shown that British policy towards Spain was governed by a fear of left wing politics, as well as class prejudice and racism towards the Spanish proletariat. This article focuses on the activities and opinions of diplomats stationed in Spain during the conflict, revealing that their reports were decisive in forging the policy of Non-Intervention. Specifically, it examines correspondence bet…
Disputando la esfera pública: Violencia anticlerical, conflictividad y el Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, abril de 1931 - julio de 1936
In the months after July 1936, acts of anticlerical violence and iconoclasm underscored attempts to reconfigure radically social relations and the physical landscape in many parts of Republican Spain. Taking the destruction of the Sacred Heart of Jesus as its analytical focus, this text examines the connection between the grassroots battle waged by anticlerical workers against the Catholic Church’s public presence during the peacetime Republican …
The Faith and the Fury: The Construction of Anticlerical Collective Identities in Spain, 1874–1931
This article explores the construction of anticlerical collective identities among Spanish workers from the late nineteenth century, outlining the ways in which the daily experience of the Church generated and intensified anticlerical sentiment. From the turn of the century, political, social and cultural changes sparked by industrialization and rural-urban emigration altered the face of ‘traditional’ Spanish popular anticlericalism; newly politi…
Catholicism and the End of Dictatorship in Portugal and Spain: Convergences and Contrasts
This article examines the roles played by the Catholic hierarchy, clergy and laity in democratisation processes in Portugal and Spain. It analyses the years which preceded the 1974 Carnation Revolution and the death of Franco in 1975 in order to offer a comparative approach to religion in transition in both societies. The article argues that the considerable divergences which existed between Catholic experiences and actions during the 1960s and e…
Beryl & June
Sacred Destruction? Anticlericalism, Iconoclasm and the Sacralization of Politics in Twentieth-Century Spain
This article examines the ways in which anticlerical discourses and actions in Spain from the early twentieth century onwards became infused with religious language, sentiments and even belief. Specifically, it focuses on the anticlerical violence and iconoclasm which occurred on Republican territory at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. The protagonists of these acts used a wide repertoire of religiously inspired collective action i…
Political Violence in the Republican Zone of Spain during the Spanish Civil War: Evolving Historiographical Perspectives
The issue of violence committed behind the lines on Republican and Francoist territory during the Spanish Civil War burns at the heart of the memory wars currently being fought in Spanish society over the meanings of the country’s recent, traumatic past. In the academic sphere, debate amongst historians regarding the causes and meanings of violence carried out against and among the civilian population during the conflict is more strongly present …
Martyrs, memory and misrepresentation: The Spanish Catholic Church, religious persecution and the Spanish Civil War
This article explores the ways in which the victims of anticlerical violence during the Spanish Civil War have been represented and remembered by the Spanish ecclesiastical hierarchy and Catholic hagiographers, examining the period from the Spanish Civil War up to the present day. It sustains that the discourse of martyrdom forged by the Catholic Church during the Civil War and the Dictatorship played a crucial role in legitimating the rebel war …
Mucho malo for fascisti’: Languages and Transnational Soldiers in the Spanish Civil War
This article explores the linguistic experiences of transnational soldiers, using the Spanish Civil War as a case study. It argues that communication difficulties provoked by linguistic diversity within the Republican war effort and particularly within the International Brigades, caused the high command to move from a utopian, internationalist policy to a more pragmatic approach. The article evaluates the role played by language intermediaries in…
Songlines for Parkinson's: The Process of Co-Developing a New Music-and-Movement Group-Based Intervention to Improve Mood and Movement for Parkinson's
Participatory research promotes inclusive practice and enables stakeholder expertise to be recognized as a valuable contribution throughout the research cycle. However, there is little guidance regarding how to disseminate these qualitative processes, and the methodological insights gained. Based on preliminary research, we had developed a session framework for a new intervention using music to improve motor and non-motor symptoms for people with…
Law (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · History (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Spanish History and Politics (7 works) · History (6 works) · Spanish Civil War (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Art (3 works)