Roskilde University Catholic Modernity and the Italian Constitution Thomassen, Bjørn; Forlenza, Rosario Published in: History Workshop Journal DOI: 10.1093/hwj/dbv039 Publication date: 2016 Document Version Peer reviewed version Citation for published version (APA): Thomassen, B., & Forlenza, R. (2016). Catholic Modernity and the Italian Constitution. History Workshop Journal, 81(1), 231-251. https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/dbv039 General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the public portal are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. • Users may download and print one copy of any publication from the public portal for the purpose of private study or research. • You may not further distribute the material or use it for any profit-making activity or commercial gain. • You may freely distribute the URL identifying the publication in the public portal. Take down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact
[email protected] providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Download date: 27. Sep. 2021 Catholic Modernity and the Italian Constitution INTRODUCTION: CONSTITUTING POLITICAL MODERNITY Constitutions are founding texts for modern political life. The grounding principles exposed serve as underpinning guidelines for political life, and in a most technical sense: who can decide what, when, where and how. But much more is at stake. A constitution not only stipulates single rules; it also gathers these rules in meaningful ‘bundles’, ensuring an overarching division of powers.