Lateran Pacts
What Lateran Pacts means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Agreements of 1929 that created Vatican City, made Catholicism the state religion, and gave the Church financial compensation.
The 1929 agreement through which relations with the Church were stabilised, though tensions remained over Catholic Action.
Topics that use Lateran Pacts
- 2L Italy and Fascism, c1900–1945 – Fascist society, 1926–1940 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- The fascist state, 1925–40 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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