ABSTRACT

This article aims to analyze the politics of the past implemented by Spanish Catholics during the so-called “age of anniversaries.” The promotion of Catholic commemorations in Spain was a reaction to the culture war which was waged around the role of religion in the public sphere during the Spanish Restauration (1874–1923). Historiography has tended to analyze these commemorations in the light of the political tensions that existed between factions of the Spanish right. This focus has obscured, however, the important role that these commemorations played in the development of a Catholic reading of the past, as well as in the formation of a National Catholic political culture. This essay offers a complete study of the catholic commemoration in Spain from the pioneering celebration of Calderón de la Barca in 1881 to the first centenary of the War of Independence in 1908. By doing so, the paper aims to demonstrate the role played by these politics of the past in the construction of a National Catholic political culture in Spain.

摘要

本文旨在分析西班牙天主教徒在所谓的“周年纪念时代”实施的过去政治。在西班牙推广天主教纪念活动是对在西班牙复兴（1874-1923 年）期间围绕宗教在公共领域中的作用展开的文化战争的反应。史学倾向于根据西班牙右翼派别之间存在的政治紧张局势来分析这些纪念活动。然而，这种关注掩盖了这些纪念活动在发展天主教对过去的解读以及在全国天主教政治文化的形成中所起的重要作用。