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Index More Information Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-43175-1 - The Spanish Labyrinth an Account of the Social and Political Background of the Spanish Civil War Gerald Brenan Index More information INDEX A.B.C. , in –, Abd el Krim , in May Abu Zacaría n. Agrarian workers’ unions Acción Católica see F.E.T.T.; F.N.A.E. Youth Organization Ágreda, Sor María de n. Acción Popular – agriculture, Youth Organization (J.A.P.) general statistics – recent decline , joins Falange , revival – Acción Republicana , ruined by sheep farmers see also Azaña – and nn. D and E Acosta, Father Josef de , system of cultivation , n. Adame, Manuel n.B see also Agrarian Reform; agrarian credit and n., n.F Moslem Spain; rents; in small holdings; wages; in and under names of chief Agrarian party –, provinces Agrarian Reform, Aguilera, Joaquín , , n. (–) , – A.I.T. (Asociación Internacional de (–) – and n.F Trabajadores) (–) – and n. see International in , Álava , , under Ceda Albacete Federal programme Albarracín, Severino and Radicals , Albornoz, Álvaro de under Republic , – Alcalá Zamora, Niceto see also agriculture and Ceda agrarian unrest, deposed before , and Left (–) , , , President of Republic n.D Alcoy, rising at and nn.C and Andalusia (–) – D, n.C, n. (–) – Alfonso XII , , Republic (–) –, Alfonso XIII, , – born © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-43175-1 - The Spanish Labyrinth an Account of the Social and Political Background of the Spanish Civil War Gerald Brenan Index More information Index character – moral and religious character of fall – –, n.L, liberalism real meaning of maturity see also ‘Anarchist and Moroccan disaster communism’; Anarchist plots against Primo Movement (asceticism reactionary tendencies , and naturism); Bakunin , ‘Anarchist communism’ , , Alhumecas , , n.J, , Alía Anarchist Movement, non- Alianza de la Democracia Social Spanish see Amsterdam; see Alliance of Social International, First; Democracy Kropotkin; London Alianza Obrera Anarchist Movement, Spanish, in Asturias (–) –, – in Barcelona see also Bakunin; Alliance of Social Democracy, International, First and F.A.I. (–) – at Geneva , see also International, programme n.B First in Spain , –, (–) –, , (–) Almenara Alta, Duke of n. see also Syndicalism Almería (–) , –, – emigration to Barcelona a-politicism n. Almirall, Valentín acting on instinct and n. Alpujarras n.F in Andalusia , , n., Álvarez, Melquíades , , , , , n. in – – Álvarez Ossorio in – –, Álvarez del Vayo, Julio Alcoy Communist sympathies , Casas Viejas C.N.T. founded Amadeo, King , Congress of Cordova Amado, Julio, Civil Governor of Jerez rising Barcelona Malaga America, South, anarchists in Mano Negra n.J Seville (–) , , Amiens, Charte d’ n., n., and n.B Amnesty, Bill of () in Aragon , Amsterdam, Anarchist Congress rising of Dec. at asceticism , , , Anarchism, Spanish, n.L, n. © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-43175-1 - The Spanish Labyrinth an Account of the Social and Political Background of the Spanish Civil War Gerald Brenan Index More information Index Anarchist Movement, Spanish in Galicia (Corunna) , , (cont.) , n.A, in Asturias n., , group organization , , n.H, , n.G n., rising of – hatred of Church , , and Carlism –, n.C in Levante , , , , in Catalonia , , , n.B , n.E and liberty –, – (–) – in Madrid , –, , (–) (–) –, – see also C.N.T.; Catalonia and Andalusia , congresses (below) and n., , naturism , , n.L Republic –, , ‘party of order’ n.M Civil War –, , press , –, , , and Madrid , and n. , and n., n., Civil War , –, n., and n.F, , , carries no advertisements and collectivization and n., n.L , – programmes and Communists , and n., () n.E in and n.B () n. in Civil War , and n. pseudo-anarchist press congresses n. before Republic , –, , see International, First; , n.B C.N.T. of see C.N.T. Asturian rising – others Popular Front , Seville () rising in Aragon Barcelona () and return to the past , , Madrid () –, n.N, criminal elements , , n.O, n., disapproval of co-operatives revolutionary capacities and arbitration – and n., tribunals , – n.H disapproval of money , schools , n.L, n.H n.A, n. and Socialists nn.K and L, distribution of n., and and n.A, n., , n.F see also Autoritarios; C.N.T. see also map on p.[] statistics of and elections , , , up to , and n., , n.A, , and n., n.A n.B in and n. © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-43175-1 - The Spanish Labyrinth an Account of the Social and Political Background of the Spanish Civil War Gerald Brenan Index More information Index (–) n. Aragon, see also (for later periods) agrarian conditions –, C.N.T. – terrorism n.J rising in assassinations –, , Arahal Araquistáin, Luís bomb throwing and nn., , arbitration boards, industrial in Dictatorship (comités paretarios) during Civil War , , n., –, n. in Republic (jurados mixtos) and F.A.I. – , Mano Negra Arcos de la Frontera , pistoleros in Barcelona , Arleguí, General , , n., n.A Army , –, propaganda by deed and freemasons – and n., see also C.N.T.; F.A.I. n. Anarcho-Syndicalism Juntas de Defensa see Anarchist U.M.E. Movement (after ); Arruit, Monte C.N.T.; F.A.I.; Ascaso, Francisco , Syndicalism Ascheri Andalusia, Assembly of the Cortes (in ) agrarian conditions , , –, n.H Asturias, see also agrarian unrest agrarian conditions and n., and Catalonia , causes of demoralization C.N.T. and U.G.T. , , of labourers , , , n. fishermen’s collective under Moslems – and n.C rising of Oct. – ruined by Castile – and arms n. nn. atrocity campaign – nn. Andrade, Juan , n.A, moral success of n.C repression Ansó Ateneo , anti-clericalism , , atrocities see police; terrorism see also Anarchist Movement; atrocity campaigns see Alcoy; Church; Liberals Asturias aparcería (share-cropping), Augustinians , among Basques Autoritarios and n., in Catalonia , , Avila Apostólicos Axdir Aquinas, St Thomas Azaña, Manuel and n., © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-43175-1 - The Spanish Labyrinth an Account of the Social and Political Background of the Spanish Civil War Gerald Brenan Index More information Index Azaña, Manuel (cont.) municipal graft and agrarian reform n.D numbers of n., n. character – tendency to reformism elected president n.E forms government , , general strike () labour troubles – and Largo Caballero , , Republic –, – rising of Oct. and order , – and n. Rull out of office , Semana Trágica , and religious causes Baroja, Pío n. trial of barraganía and n. Azcárate, Gumersindo de Bas, Carlos Azorín Basle, Congress at Azpeitia, Mateo n. Basque Nationalists and Ceda , Badajoz , leave Cortes massacre in , Popular Front and n. Basque Provinces, Badiá, Miguel agrarian conditions – Bakunin, Michael – character – and F.A.I. , n.F history – and International , – wages n.K and Kropotkin see also Bilbao and Chap. ix and Spanish Regional Federation (The Carlists) , , , and Batet, General , n.G n.B, n., n. Bembibre n. on terrorism n. Bentham, Jeremy n. Balbontin, José Antonio n.B Berenguer, General Dámaso baldíos n., n.C, n.F Berne, Congress of bandits Besteiro, Julián , , , banks, credit see Agrarian credit bienes de propio and n., Barcelona, Bilbao, architecture n. and Carlists , n. bomb throwing – and Catholic unions Cantonalists and Socialists , Civil War Bivona, Duke of Congresses Blasco Ibáñez, Vincente , of International () n. of Bloque Obrero y Campesino anarchist () (B.O.C.) , n.C factory workers see also Left Communist early unions , n. party © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-43175-1 - The Spanish Labyrinth an Account of the Social and Political Background of the Spanish Civil War Gerald Brenan Index More information Index Borkenau, Franz , n.L, Campomanes, Conde de , , n., n., Bravo Murillo, Juan n. Canadiense, el (Riegos y Fuerza Bravo Portillo , del Ebro), strike at , Brigada Social Brunel, Antoine de Canalejas, José Brussels, Congress of assassinated budget, Cánovas del Castillo, Antonio in , –, , , , , in Dictatorship , and n., n. in Republic assassinated , n.H, bull pastures and n. and Church , n. bureaucracy see Government and high tariffs Burgos Cánovas Cervantes, S. n.M Burgos y Mazo, Manuel de n. Cantonalists – and International n.C Caballero, Largo see Largo Carillo, Santiago, Jr Caballero Carlist Communion Cabarrús, Conde de n.B Carlists –, – Cabriñana, Marqués de and agrarian questions , caciques –, , , in and Basques , , , in Andalusia , n.D n., , n.D and bandits and Catalans , , , and federalism – in Galicia ‘Don Carlos or petrol’ n. Cadaqués and English Tories n. Cadiz, (fueros) , agrarian conditions , , and Liberals , – n., , n.H and local autonomy , , Bakuninists at n.D Cadiz, Cortes of , , , ‘monkish democracy’ n.A Calvo Sotelo, José n.B, , and terrorism , , – and n.C, n., in , , , see also Traditionalist party Cambó, Francisco , n. Carlos, Don (Carlos V) – and Dictatorship n. Carlos, Don (Carlos VII) and Martínez Anido Carlos, Don Alfonso Renovation Movement , Carmona n., , Republic , n. Carner, Jaime Solidaridad Catalana ,
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