A forgotten controversy: The political discussion on the so-called ‘Edict of Milan’ in 1913 in Spain

Abstract

The commemoration of the 1600th anniversary of the Milan agreements in 1913 caused a heated discussion between the supporters of laicism and the defenders of the Catholic confession of the Spanish State under the Bourbon Restoration, as enshrined in the 1876 Constitution. The controversy was fostered both by secular politics and by the Church, which aimed to preserve its judicial privileges.