Clercial Laws (white textbook) Flashcards
1
Q
F’s approach regarding the church?
A
Franco emphasised the importance of the church
2
Q
When did the Clerical Laws pass?
A
March-April 1938
3
Q
What did the Clerical Laws do for Nationalist relationship w Church?
A
Clerical Laws STRENGTHENED relationsip between Nationalists & Church?
4
Q
What were the Clerical Laws?
A
- control of primary education back to Catholic Church
- Church had the right to establish & run youth groups independently of the Falange youth movement
- banned the practice of other religions (other than christianity)
- restricted rights of Protestant churches in Spain
5
Q
What were the Impacts of the Clerical Laws?
A
- gave the Catholic Church a privileged position in society & degree of independence from the gov
- church gave regime full support
- church liked return to conservative values
- church leaders turned a blind eye to Franco’s atrocities/terror
- church support vital to authority of Franco’s regime = Catholics had a duty to obey ‘new state’
