The Legacy of the Kulturkampf 1871-1878

A historical overview and analysis of the German Empire's Kulturkampf, a bitter political feud between Otto von Bismarck and the Catholic Church.

English Sources:
Bismarck & the Development of Germany: Volume II Period of Consolidation by Otto Pflanze
The Dynamics of Political Reform in Northern Europe 1780–1920: Political and Legal Perspectives by Keith Robbins
Freedom & Religion in the 19th Century by Richard Helmstadter: Religion & Imperial Power in Nineteenth Century

German Sources:
Geschichte des Kulturkampfs in Preußen-Deutschland (English: History of the Kulturkampf in Prussian Germany) von Paul Manjunke
Eduard Kullman: „Man packte ihn, und fast hätte man ihn in Stücke gerissen“ (English: "He was grabbed and almost torn to pieces") von Sven-Felix Kellerhoff in Welt
Deutsche Geschichte in Dokumenten und Bildern Archiv