The cristero rebellion was a widespread popular rebellion emerging in the wake of postrevolutionary mexico during the years of 19261929. After the mexican revolution of 1916, the newly drafted. The mexican people between church and state 19261929 cambridge latin american studies book 24 kindle edition by meyer, jean a download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Cambridge core latin american studies the cristero rebellion by jean a. Ramon jrade state university of new york, binghamton. When a young french graduate student named jean meyer arrived in mexico in 1965 to write his doctoral thesis on the religious war known as the cristiada, the topic was virtually unknown to. When in 1926 relations between church and state, old enemies and old partners, eventually broke down, when the churches closed. The mexican governments persecution of the church by jean meyer with fast free shipping on every used book we have in.
Mexican anticlerics, bishops, cristeros, and the devout. The cristero rebellion 19261929, the armed conflict that unfolded following the mexican revolution, was a major clash in the centurys old struggle between the church and state. The cristero rebellion national library of australia. The mexican people between church and state, 19261929 1976. An abridged translation by richard southern is available under the title the cristero rebellion. He has done extensive research on the cristero war and written books on the subject for the university of cambridge. But it is not accidental that meyer s attack on the republic of mexico as despotic and regalist, derives directly from the carlists, who beginning in 1830 fought for a. The cristero rebellion and the churchstate conflict in mexico 1974. Mabry every society has at least one episode in its history that attracts international attention because it. The role of women in the mexican cristero rebellion. In the work of historians from jean meyer, in the 1970s, to ramon jrade in the 1980s, and more recently the works of jennie purnell. As conflict between the catholic church and the national government of mexico came to crisis, the grassroots rebellion was a response of lay catholics to the suspension of the celebration of catholic mass by the mexican church in. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the cristero rebellion.
The first primarily views the rebellion from a catholic view. Meyer abstract translation and revision of the french ed. A lecture by author and cide professor emeritus jean meyer. Examination of the cristero rebellion as simply a conflict between church and state misses the many faces, or nuances, that surrounded the uprising. Scholarship concerning the cristero rebellion consists of two main schools of thought. Jean a meyer the cristero movement is an essential part of the mexican revolution. The mexican people between church and state, 19261929. It was historian jean meyer that first focused on the rebels and transformed them. When in 1926 relations between church and state, old enemies and old partners, eventually broke down, when the churches closed and the. The cristero rebellion and the sinarquista movement were reactionary. The cristero war also devastated the economy of the formerly pro ductive westcentral region.
It was historian jean meyer that first focused on the rebels and transformed them into a legitimate object for study. The mexican people between church and state 19261929. Brutal antireligious policies renewed and continued. The mexican people between church and state 19261929 ebook written by jean a. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the cristero rebellion. A scholarly debate journal of church and state vol.
The cristero movement is an essential part of the mexican revolution. This is because of the simple fact that it resulted from the 1917 revolutionary constitution. The mexican people between church and state 19261929 by jean meyer 1976 how is one to understand the cristero rebellion, the great peasant uprising of 19261929 in central mexico against the revolutionary government, and what is one to make of the anticlerical persecutions that precipitated and followed it. Meyer 197374 would recognize the polarization within the revolutionary camp and, more specifically, the consequences of the alliance of the calles regime with the laborites of crom, the confederaci6n regional obrera mexi. Jean meyer obtained bachelors and masters degrees at the sorbonne university. The mexican peoples war for religious liberty by jean meyer, phd square one publishers. Historians of the united states mostly avoided the topic, focusing instead on churchstate relations. The book is published in partnership with the knights of columbus, a catholic fraternal organization. The mexican people between church and state 19261929 cambridge latin american studies 1 by meyer, jean a. Cristero rebellion, in order to cover up the continuity be. Consequently, we still have relatively few detailed studies of mexican faith during the porfirian and revolutionary years, despite a few notable exceptions, for example, the pioneering work of jean meyer on the cristero rebellion. Ladislao molina and the cristero rebellion 647 portray.
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