Title:

The Relations of the Antanas Smetona Regime with the Catholic Opposition, 1929–32

Subtitle:

Acta Poloniae Historica T. 125 (2022), Varia

Creator:

Malužinas, Martinas

Institutional creator:

Polska Akademia Nauk. Komitet Nauk Historycznych ; Polska Akademia Nauk, Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla

Contributor:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Publisher:

Instytut Historii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2022

Description:

p. 239-255

Subject and Keywords:

Smetona, Antanas (1874-1944) ; Lithuania - politics and government - 1918-1945 ; Catholic Church - Lithuania - 1918-1945 ; Christian Democrats ; Catholic opposition ; Lithuanian Catholic Youth Association "Ateitis"

Abstract:

The article’s main objective is to present the relationship between the Antanas Smetona regime and the Catholic opposition in 1929–32, and an evaluation of the repressive measures applied during this period. An analysis of various sources revealed that the actions of the right-wing nationalist government toward the Catholic opposition – which included the clergy, Catholic social organisations, and the Christian Democrats – were extremely harsh, significantly since the Catholic movement did not threaten the state sovereignty, public order, or political doctrine carried out by the Lithuanian president. The 1929–32 timeframe refers to the period of the greatest tension in the conflict between the Lithuanian government and the Catholic Church. The conflict between the Republic of Lithuania and the Vatican divided society, thus disrupting the existing positive diplomatic relations, which were reflected in the signing of the concordat in 1927.

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Relation:

Acta Poloniae Historica

Volume:

125

Start page:

239

End page:

255

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : original article

Format:

application/octet-stream

Resource Identifier:

2450-8462 ; 0001-6829 ; 10.12775/APH.2022.125.10

Source:

IH PAN, sygn. A.295/125 Podr. ; IH PAN, sygn. A.296/125 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-ND 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license, full text available at: ; -

Digitizing institution:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Institute of History PAS

Projects co-financed by:

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Access:

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