The Refashioning of Catholicism, 1450-1700 A Reassessment of the Counter-Reformation

Unlike the traditional terms Counter-Reformation or Catholic Reform, this book does not see Catholicism from 1450 to 1700 primarily in relationship to the Protestant Reformation but as both shaped by the revolutionary changes of the early modern period and actively refashioning itself in response to these changes: the emergence of the early modern state; economic growth and social dislocation; the expansion of Europe across the seas; the Renaissance; and, to be sure, the Protestant Reformation. Bireley devotes particular attention to new methods of evangelization in the Old World and the New, education at the elementary, secondary and university levels, the new active religious orders of women and men, and the effort to create a spirituality for the Christian living in the world. A final chapter looks at the issues raised by Machiavelli, Galileo and Pascal.Robert Bireley is a leading Jesuit historian and uniquely well placed to reassess this centrally important subject for understanding the dynamics of early modern Europe. This book will be of great value to all those studying the political, social, religious and cultural history of the period.>

About the author

ROBERT BIRELEY is Professor of History at Loyola University, Chicago, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Bireley, Bireley Robert
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 11.06.1999
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories
• EAN: 9780333660805
• ISBN: 978-0-333-66080-5
• Pages: 231
• Series: European History in Perspective; EUROPEAN HISTORY IN PERSPECTIV; European History in Perspective; EUROPEAN HISTORY IN PERSPECTIV > 36
• Subjects: Revolution, Renaissance, Expansion, Reformation, History, Europe, HISTORY / World, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, growth, General & world history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, General and world history, Early Modern Period, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic / General