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The Constitutional Development Of Religious Freedom In Spain: An Historical Analysis, Daniel B. Montserrat
The Constitutional Development Of Religious Freedom In Spain: An Historical Analysis, Daniel B. Montserrat
Florida State University Journal of Transnational Law & Policy
Religious freedom has always constituted a problem in Spain. It can be said that over the centuries, there has only existed intolerance and even on several occasions, persecution. Clearly, the times in which respect and peaceful coexistence occurred in Spain among the three principal religions were limited and fleeting. Unfortunately, even Spanish constitutional history is replete with examples of religious intolerance. From the Cddiz Constitution of 1808, liberal in its politics, but tremendously repressive with respect to religion up until the present day, there have been scarcely twentyfive years of "religious freedom." Recalling the period prior to the first constitution, …