Křesťanské odbory v meziválečném Československu

• Authors: Pehr Michal

Title variants

EN

Christian unions within interwar Czechoslovakia

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

This study looks at First Republic Christian peoples’ unions, which comprised one of the key constituents of the union movement in Czechoslovakia at the time, built primarily on party principles. Only relatively little attention has been paid to this topic in Czechoslovak historiography. Within Czech society, these unions were established in 1902 and following the establishment of an independent Czechoslovakia, the organisations underwent significant development. The unions played a key role not just in improving the social status of workers, but Catholic unions were also of fundamental importance in maintaining the influence of Christianity (specifically the Catholic Church) amongst workers and served to maintain religiosity within the working class, which had been under threat from the modernising secular trends in interwar Czechoslovakia.

Keywords

EN

History; 20th Century; Czechoslovakia; Catholic Church; union movement

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Moderní dějiny: sborník k dějinám 19. a 20. století (Modern History: Studies into 19th and 20th century history)
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 113-152

Contributors

author

Pehr Michal

• Masarykův ústav a Archiv AV ČR, v.v.i.