Im Spannungsfeld von Politik und Religion

Jesuit appointment, Sonderbund war and two-party system - Lucerne's perspective on the emergence and early days of the federal stateThe course for Switzerland's development into what it is today was set in the mid-19th century. While the triumphant advance of the factory industry and the railroad placed the social and economic structure on a new foundation, the foundations of the federal system were laid in the political field. The second part of the Lucerne cantonal history of the 19th century illuminates this period from a cantonal perspective.Based on extensive source material, Heidi Bossard- Borner provides insight into the dramatic events in the canton of Lucerne. The many interactions between political and confessional-religious factors and the formation of the two-party system characteristic of Lucerne are the focus of attention.