Kulturkampf

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Kulturkampf was a series of 1870s policies in the newly unified German Empire that sought to reduce the political influence of the Catholic Church and assert state control over religious affairs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-clerical policy ⓘ
church–state conflict ⓘ
political conflict ⓘ
aimedAt asserting state control over religious affairs ⓘ
reducing political influence of the Catholic Church ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Prussian provinces with large Catholic populations ⓘ
chronology followed German unification of 1871 ⓘ
country German Empire ⓘ
describedBySource German historians of the 19th century ⓘ
endTime late 1870s ⓘ
hasCause Papal infallibility doctrine of 1870 ⓘ
fear of ultramontanism ⓘ
hasEffect closure of some Catholic institutions ⓘ
imprisonment and exile of some bishops and priests ⓘ
increased political mobilization of German Catholics ⓘ
strengthening of the Centre Party ⓘ
tension between Prussian state and Catholic hierarchy ⓘ
hasMainProponent Otto von Bismarck ⓘ
hasNameInLanguage Kulturkampf (German) ⓘ
hasParticipant Catholic Church ⓘ
Centre Party (Germany) ⓘ
Kingdom of Prussia ⓘ
linked to: Prussia
hasTopic church–state relations in Germany ⓘ
historicalPeriod German Empire (1871–1918) ⓘ
linked to: German Empire
implementedBy Prussian Minister of Culture Adalbert Falk ⓘ
inspiredBy liberal anticlericalism ⓘ
legalBasis May Laws of 1873 ⓘ
Prussian school inspection laws ⓘ
literalMeaning culture struggle ⓘ
location German Empire ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
opposedBy Catholic bishops in Germany ⓘ
German Centre Party ⓘ
Pope Pius IX ⓘ
policyType education policy ⓘ
religious policy ⓘ
secularization policy ⓘ
result partial repeal of anti-Catholic laws ⓘ
rapprochement between Bismarck and the Centre Party ⓘ
significantEvent Jesuit Law of 1872 ⓘ
May Laws ⓘ
civil marriage legislation ⓘ
expulsion of religious orders ⓘ
state supervision of seminaries ⓘ
startTime 1871 ⓘ
targetedGroup Catholic clergy ⓘ
religious orders ⓘ

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Otto von Bismarck → knownFor → Kulturkampf ⓘ
Otto von Bismarck → policy → Kulturkampf ⓘ
subject linked to: Iron Chancellor
May Laws → partOf → Kulturkampf ⓘ
May Laws → conflict → Kulturkampf ⓘ
Jesuit Law of 1872 → partOf → Kulturkampf ⓘ
May Laws of 1873 → partOf → Kulturkampf ⓘ
May Laws of 1873 → associatedWith → Kulturkampf in the German Empire ⓘ
linked to: Kulturkampf
Holy See–Germany relations → hasKeyEvent → Kulturkampf in the German Empire ⓘ
linked to: Kulturkampf