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Political Catholicism in Poland in 1945–1948. An Overview of Political Activity of Catholics
Political Catholicism in Poland in 1945–1948. An Overview of Political Activity of Catholics

Author(s): Przemysław Pazik
Subject(s): History, Cultural history, Political history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: political Catholicism; Catholic Church in the Polish People’s Republic; Christian Democracy

Summary/Abstract: The article is a reconstruction of the most important strands in the historiography devoted to the political activity of the laity after 1945, especially the period between 1945 and 1948. The author first discusses pre-1989 literature and then the most recent studies devoted to political Catholicism in Poland. In the main part of the article he presents three strands in historiography: research into the Labour Party, research into groups associated with Catholic socio-political weeklies, and biographies and syntheses of the history of the Catholics and the Church.

  • Issue Year: 125/2018
  • Issue No: 02 (en)
  • Page Range: 111-142
  • Page Count: 32
  • Language: English