God and Freedom

Radical Liberalism, Republicanism, and Religion in Spain, 1808–1847

Datos Bibliográficos

ID9969314
AutoresGenís Barnosell (Universitat de Girona, autor de correspondencia)
Año2011
Volumen57
Número1
Páginas37-59
Fecha de publicación2011-12-20
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Review of Social History (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-8590 • E-ISSN: 1469-512X
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0020859011000733
OpenAlexW2149619458
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas14

This article analyses the religious aspects of Spanish republicanism of the 1830s and 1840s. From the case of Catalonia, the most industrialized region of Spain, it is concluded that radical liberalism elaborated a synthesis of freedom and religion that was presented as an alternative to traditional religiosity. Re-elaborating old myths popular during the War of Independence of 1808–1814, in addition some liberals and republicans presented their political project in millenarianist terms. This millenarianism was due to the radicalism with which they interpreted the confrontation with political opponents, one of whom was the established Church. It follows that the religiosity and millenarianism exhibited by these republicans also involved a strong anti-clericalism. At the same time, in the political and cultural context of Spain, these proposals were not seen by their followers as a negation of divinity but as its truest expression

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