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The Cristero Rebellion: The Mexican People between Church and State, 1926-1929

Jean Meyer, 1976

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Divinity Atlas. "The Cristero Rebellion: The Mexican People between Church and State, 1926-1929." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/meyer-the-cristero-rebellion.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Cristero Rebellion: The Mexican People between Church and State, 1926-1929. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/meyer-the-cristero-rebellion

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  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {The Cristero Rebellion: The Mexican People between Church and State, 1926-1929},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/meyer-the-cristero-rebellion},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Jean Meyer's standard scholarly history of the Mexican government's persecution of the Catholic Church under President Plutarco Elias Calles and the armed Cristero uprising it provoked, drawing on Mexican federal and church archives and firsthand accounts from both sides.

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Assessment

Reliability Tier

1 1

Widely regarded as the founding modern academic history of the period, by a French historian working from primary Mexican sources; later scholarship has refined but not displaced its account.

Notes

Widely regarded as the founding modern academic history of the period, by a French historian working from primary Mexican sources; later scholarship has refined but not displaced its account. 1

Citation

Author

Jean Meyer 1

Publisher

Cambridge University Press 1

Publication Year

1976 1

Source Type

academic monograph 1

Sources

1. Divinity Atlas Original Articles, Second Edition

Claims Backed By This Source (35 claims)

This source backs 35 claims across the atlas. As facts: 19 well-attested, 6 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 4 holds, 2 connected. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Wars & Conflicts, 16 claims: 9 well-attested, 4 scholarly debate, 1 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
Religious Events, 14 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate, 2 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.
Articles, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 general references.
Denominations, 1 claims: 1 holds.