Ludwig Windthorst (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
Martin Spahn · 1913
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Ludwig Windthorst was a German Catholic statesman, born near Osnabruck in 1812 and dead in 1891. From a family of Lower Saxon lawyers, he proved industrious, shrewd, cautious, and quiet at school, traits he kept for life.
A lawyer at Osnabruck from 1836, he won clergy trust and became president of Hanover's Catholic board for churches and schools in 1842. There he learned how Protestant states squeezed Catholic freedom after 1803, and brokered a Hanover settlement while other states slid toward the Kulturkampf. Elected to Hanover's Diet in 1848, he became the Centre Party's master debater and organizer, defending church, schools, and law against Bismarck.
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| CREATOR | Martin Spahn |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 10 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |