May Laws
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The May Laws were a series of 1870s Prussian anti-Catholic measures that formed a central legal instrument of the Kulturkampf, aiming to bring the Catholic Church under state control.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Prussian law
ⓘ
anti-Catholic legislation ⓘ component of the Kulturkampf ⓘ |
| aimedAt | Catholic Church in Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Falk Laws NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo | Catholic clergy ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologyWithinKulturkampf | central legal phase of the conflict ⓘ |
| conflict | Kulturkampf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Prussia
ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
|
| endTime | late 1870s ⓘ |
| follows | First Vatican Council NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | secularization law ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
closure of some Catholic institutions
ⓘ
expulsion and imprisonment of non-compliant clergy ⓘ restriction of Catholic Church autonomy ⓘ state control over Catholic clergy education ⓘ state oversight of clerical appointments ⓘ |
| hasPart | Falk Laws NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| implementedBy | Prussian Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1873 ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| legalStatus | partially repealed ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Prussian Landtag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
German Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Prussia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Catholic Church
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
church–state relations ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Adalbert Falk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Catholic Church
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Centre Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Kulturkampf NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to bring the Catholic Church under state control
ⓘ
to reduce papal influence in Prussia ⓘ |
| regulates |
disciplinary powers of bishops
ⓘ
ecclesiastical appointments ⓘ training of Catholic priests ⓘ |
| repealedDuring | Bismarck’s rapprochement with the Centre Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| repealedInPractice | by the late 1870s ⓘ |
| significantPerson |
Adalbert Falk
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Otto von Bismarck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1873 ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Otto von Bismarck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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