Counter Reformation Religion and Society in Early Modern Europe

Name: Counter Reformation Religion and Society in Early Modern Europe
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ISBN: 9780521439930

ISBN-10: 0521439930

ISBN-13: 9780521439930

Edition: 1995

Authors: Martin D. W. Jones

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The Counter Reformation is part of the Cambridge Topics in History series which looks at key A-level topics through a stimulating selection of original documents and other source material. In recent years historians have transformed the very meaning of the term 'Counter Reformation'. Scholarship has broken free of the partisan bias which misinterpreted the events of the decline and resurgence of the medieval Christian Church. In this text, Martin Jones uses a wide variety of original sources to reveal the true nature of the medieval religious landscape. He explores new insights into issues and events which explain why the old term 'Counter Reformation' is so inappropriate that it cannot now…

Book details

List price: $31.45
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/23/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.02" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Introduction



Varieties of belief: late medieval religion and the people



Internal reform 1480-1542



Countering the Reformation 1517-45



The Council of Trent



Structural reform



Reformation in the parishes: clergy and people



The impact of reform: three problems



Fire and sword: four studies in Counter Reformation


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