Published: 2024-06-30

The Impact of Imperial Policy on the Functioning of the Catholic Church in the Austrian Habsburg State from 1526 to 1918

Cyprian Tkacz
Studia Teologiczno-Historyczne Śląska Opolskiego
Section: Articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.25167/sth.5388

Abstract

The study addresses the impact of imperial policy on the functioning of the Catholic Church in the Austrian Habsburg State from 1526 to 1918, taking into account transformations determined by historical events, advances in science, political transformations and territorial changes over the period. The first two points are an explication of the topic of the study, making a presentation of the definition of the state with the establishment of its borders, then undertaking a discussion and presentation of the issues of the monarchy’s constitution as a European power, its adoption of a Catholic religious orientation and its exercise of modern, for its time, governance. The next two sections present the essential elements of the rulers’ policies toward the Catholic Church, taking into account two historical periods. The whole thing closes with a conclusion.
It should be noted that this topic has not yet been addressed in the Polish literature as separate issues, or as an attempt at synthesis.

Keywords:

Habsburgs, Austria, The Empire, Catholic Church, Pope

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Tkacz, C. (2024). The Impact of Imperial Policy on the Functioning of the Catholic Church in the Austrian Habsburg State from 1526 to 1918. Studia Teologiczno-Historyczne Śląska Opolskiego, 44(1), 155–181. https://doi.org/10.25167/sth.5388

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