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" Religion and politics in the Risorgimento : "
Danilo Raponi.
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BL
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720488
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b540183
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Danilo Raponi.
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Religion and politics in the Risorgimento : : Britain and the new Italy, 1861-1875\ Danilo Raponi.
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
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1137342986
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: 9781137342980
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Introduction: Britain and Italy, Religion and Politics --;1. Italy as the "European India" : British Orientalism, Cultural Imperialism, and Anti-Catholicism, c. 1850-1870 --;2. British Missionary Societies in Italy : Evangelising a Hostile Land, 1850-1862 --;3. Religion and Foreign Policy : From Unification to the "Desperate Folly" of the Syllabus (1861-1864) --;4. British Missionary Societies in Italy : Searching the Soul of the New Nation, 1862-1872 --;5. Protestant Foreign Policy and the Last Years of the Roman Question, 1865-1875 --;Conclusion: "Great" because Protestant, "Oriental" because Catholic.
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This book examines Anglo-Italian political and cultural relations and analyses the importance of religion in the British 'Orientalist' perception of Italy. It puts religion at the centre of a harsh political and cultural war, one that was fought on international, diplomatic, and domestic levels.
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British and Foreign Bible Society -- History -- 19th century.
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Catholic Church -- Italy -- History -- 19th century.
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Christianity and politics -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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BR759.D365 2014
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Danilo Raponi
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