Radical Catholicism and Fascism in Croatia, 1918–19451

2007/05/18 by Mark Biondich · 4 citations
Social Sciences · #Ancient history #Eastern European Communism and Reforms #Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics #History #Italian Fascism and Post-war Society #Political science #Sociology

paper · doi:10.1080/14690760701321346

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Abstract

Since it was first coined in 1924, the term ‘clerico‐fascist’ has gained wide currency in political and scholarly discourse in reference to Catholic support for fascism. 2 The term has eluded an ex...

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• Aloysius Stepinac [wikipedia]
• Catholic clergy involvement with the Ustaše [wikipedia]
• Clerical fascism [wikipedia]
• Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia [wikipedia]

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