Priest and Parish in Vienna
Author | : William David Bowman |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 1999 |
ISBN-10 | : 0391040944 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780391040946 |
Rating | : 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Download or read book Priest and Parish in Vienna written by William David Bowman and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1999 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Priest and Parish in Vienna, 1780 to 1880" details the social, cultural, and political transformation of the Austrian Catholic priesthood in nineteenth-century Vienna. It shows how priests, a very important and influential group in Austria, were changed from servants of the state into political activists working for the contentious Christian Social Party in fin-de-siecle Vienna.