The anti-clericalism of the match and gasoline: The burning of convents in May 1931 in Madrid

Authors

  • Manuel Según Alonso National University of Distance Education (UNED)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.69791/rahc.119

Keywords:

burning of convents, secularization, anticlericalism, clericalism, secularism, political violence

Abstract

This article analyzes and reconstructs through newspaper and archivists sources some violent episodes known as “The Burning of Convents” that took place in Madrid on the 10th and 11th of May 1931, within a month after the proclamation of the Republic and which is the first serious conflict than it has to face the new government. In order to accomplish such task, it will examine the interpretations of such events in a critical way. This paper will also try to establish an innovative analysis framework for such historical facts, as well as the importance of (political) figures such as cardinal Segura, cardinal Vidal y Baraquer, bishops Múgica and Eijo, Maura, Alcalá Zamora, Azaña, Ramón Franco, Pablo Rada, etc., were in the facts.

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Published

2014-06-26

How to Cite

Según Alonso, Manuel. 2014. “The Anti-Clericalism of the Match and Gasoline: The Burning of Convents in May 1931 in Madrid”. Alcores: Revista De Historia Contemporánea, no. 16 (June):181-203. https://doi.org/10.69791/rahc.119.

Issue

No. 16 (2013)

Section

Varia

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Copyright (c) 2014 Manuel Según Alonso

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