Look up: kulturkampf

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   Kulturkampf
   German word for a policy introduced by Chancellor Bismarck in Germany in 1873 that isolated the Catholic interest and attempted to reduce its power in order to create a political coalition of...
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   Kulturkampf
   Kul·tur'kampf` noun [ G., from kultur , cultur , culture + kampf fight.] (Ger. Hist.) Lit., culture war; -- a name, originating with Virchow (1821 -- 1902), given to a struggle between the the Roman Catholic Church and the German government, chiefly over the latter's efforts to control educational and ecclesiastical appointments in the interest of the political policy of ce ...
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   Kulturkampf
   The German term (literally, `culture struggle`) refers to German policies in relation to secularity and the influence of the Roman Catholic Church, enacted from 1871 to 1878 by the Chancellor of the German Empire, Otto von Bismarck. Until the mid-19th century, the Catholic Church was still also a political power. The Pope's Papal States were supported by France but ceased to exist as an indirect result of the Franco-Prussian War. The Catholic Ch...
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   Kulturkampf
   • (n.) Lit., culture war; -- a name, originating with Virchow (1821 -- 1902), given to a struggle between the the Roman Catholic Church and the German government, chiefly over the latter`s efforts to control educational and ecclesiastical appointments in the interest of the political policy of centralization. The struggle began with the passag...
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   Kulturkampf
   (German: `culture struggle`), the bitter struggle (c. 1871–87) on the part of the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck to subject the Roman Catholic ... [10 related articles]
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   Kulturkampf
   Kulturkampf (kooltOOr'kämpf") [Ger.,=conflict of cultures], the conflict between the German government under Bismarck and the Roman Catholic Church. The promulgation (1870) of the dogma of the infallibility of the pope in matters of faith and morals within the church sparked the conflic...
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