Counter-Reformation
Counter-Reformation Revival of the Roman Catholic Church in Europe during the 16th and early 17th centuries. It began as a reaction to the Protestant
Reformation and was intended to strengthen the Church against
Protestantism and the prevailing
humanism of the
Renaissance. The reforms were essentially conservative, trying to remove many of the abuses that had crept into the late medieval church and win new prestige for the papacy. The major impetus for reform emerged from the pontificate of
Paul III and the founding of the Society of Jesus (
Jesuits). The Council of
Trent (1545–63) was the engine of the Counter-Reformation. It eradicated simony (such as the sale of indulgences), standardized Roman Catholic theology, and undertook institutional reforms. The second phase (1563–90) of the Counter-Reformation was administered by
Pius V,
Gregory XIII and
Sixtus V. See also
Campion;
Vincent de Paul
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The Counter Reformation: The Essential Readings.(Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 12/22/1999; 610 words
; ...Leubke, David M., ed. The Counter Reformation: The Essential Readings...debates "over the label 'Counter-Reformation,'" and six essays that...Hubert Jedin, "Catholic Reformation or Counter-Reformation?"; H. Outram...
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"Poor Sinning Folk": Confession and Conscience in Counter-Reformation Germany
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 7/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Confession and Conscience in Counter-Reformation Germany. By W David Myers...the processes of Reformation and Counter-Reformation and the role that...epitome of the central European, counter-reforming state. Before Myers...
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Luisa de Carvajal's counter-reformation journey to selfhood (1566-1614).
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 9/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...the usefulness of the terms "Reformation and Counter Reformation has been examined...to have been the bastion of the Counter Reformation, the very picture...as exemplary figures during the Counter Reformation. Although the continuum...
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The Counter-Reformation: The Essential Readings.(Review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; The Counter-Reformation: The Essential Readings, edited...99 [pounds sterling]. The "Reformation" -- I use the word to simply represent...understood by interested scholars. The "Reformation" is also a popular topic. So many...
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Is this the Catholic Counter Reformation II?
Newspaper article from: The Topeka ; 4/23/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...the new pope for the words "reformation" and "counter- reformation," which have...the historical Reformation and Counter Reformation of the 16th and 17th...body founded to execute the real Counter Reformation. It is said Cardinal...
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Wondrous in His Saints: Counter-Reformation Propaganda in Bavaria.
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 12/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...its importance as a mirror of Counter-Reformation religious culture in Bavaria...debates about the impact of the Counter-Reformation on German states...reader is the meaning of the term Counter-Reformation. As used in this...
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From Venetian visitor to curial humanist: the development of Agostino Steuco's "counter"-Reformation thought.
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 3/22/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...humanism in the age of the Reformation has focused almost exclusively...provides a model for understanding Counter-Reformation humanism as a...the careers and writings of Counter-Reformation humanists will...reform. Analyzing humanists' Counter-Reformation thought within...
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Rome and the Counter-Reformation in Scandinavia, vols. 3-4.
Magazine article from: Scandinavian Studies; 1/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Vol. 4, pp, xviii + 833. The Counter-Reformation effort to bring the Scandinavian...described the early forays of the Counter-Reformation's agents, which...Congregation bankrolled and directed Counter-Reformation missions, many...
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Early modern European -- The Phoenix and the Flame: Catalonia and the Counter Reformation by Henry Kamen
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...and the Flame: Catalonia and the Counter Reformation. By Henry Kamen. (New Haven...45.00.) Can one say that the Counter-Reformation succeeded if forty...with this impressive study of the Counter-Reformation in Catalonia. Whether...
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The Arts of the Anglican Counter-Reformation: Glory, Laud and Honour.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 6/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Parry. The Arts of the Anglican Counter-Reformation: Glory, Laud and Honour. Rochester...Parry's Arts of the Anglican Counter-Reformation sets out to reconstruct...integrative studies of the English "Counter-reformation," not only by...
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Counter Reformation
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Counter Reformation 16th-century reformation that arose largely...missions; in America it was the spirit of the Counter Reformation that led the missionaries to work for the...by St. John of the Cross . In France the Counter Refor
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Counter-Reformation
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Counter-Reformation. Movement of revival and reform in the...a concept. The early leaders of the Counter-Reformation (such as Cisneros in Spain...adopted by the Reformers . Even though the Counter-Reformation may not have owed its origin...
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Counter‐Reformation
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History
Counter‐Reformation. The revival of Catholicism...level of their parishioners. The Counter‐Reformation attempted to remove the political...uncommon in Gaelic Ireland. The Counter‐Reformation had produced...
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Reformation, Catholic
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...against. Thus, the terms "Counter-Reformation" and "Catholic Reformation...understood by utilizing both "Counter-Reformation" and "Catholic Reformation...a part of the Catholic Reformation as they are of the Counter-Reformation. While...
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Reformation
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Reformation Sixteenth-century European...According to tradition, the Reformation started in 1517, when Martin...Zurich, Switzerland, the Reformation was led first by Ulrich Zwingli...religion in 1560. See also Counter-Reformation
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