Items related to The Counter-Reformation: The Essential Readings (Blackwell...

The Counter-Reformation: The Essential Readings (Blackwell Essential Readings in History) - Softcover

  • 4.33 out of 5 stars
    6 ratings by Goodreads
 
9780631211044: The Counter-Reformation: The Essential Readings (Blackwell Essential Readings in History)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0631211047 ISBN 13: 9780631211044
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 1999

Synopsis

This book comprises ten key articles on the Counter-Reformation, introduced and contextualized for the student reader.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

About the Author

David Martin Luebke is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Oregon, where he teaches on the history of Germany and early modern Europe. He is author of His Majesty's Rebels: Communities, Factions, and Rural Revolt in the Black Forest, 1725-1745 (1997) and many articles on popular politics and religion in early modern Germany.

From the Back Cover

This book comprises nine key articles on the Counter-Reformation, introduced and contextualized for the student reader. They show that these reforms were more than a mere reaction against the Protestant challenge to Catholic doctrine and institutions, rather, they also constituted an internal renewal that transformed sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Catholic religious life in many complex ways.

The collection surveys the conceptual and geographical range of work on the subject since 1945, and includes innovative articles on spirituality, the religious life of ordinary Catholics, the work of missionaries in the New World, and the changing role of women in Catholic culture. The essays are divided into two groups - "Definitions" and "Outcomes" - to illustrate the distinction between reform as a historical idea and as set of processes. The book provides an ideal starting point for an exploration into key topics of debate surrounding this central event of European history.

From the Inside Flap

This book comprises nine key articles on the Counter-Reformation, introduced and contextualized for the student reader. They show that these reforms were more than a mere reaction against the Protestant challenge to Catholic doctrine and institutions, rather, they also constituted an internal renewal that transformed sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Catholic religious life in many complex ways.

The collection surveys the conceptual and geographical range of work on the subject since 1945, and includes innovative articles on spirituality, the religious life of ordinary Catholics, the work of missionaries in the New World, and the changing role of women in Catholic culture. The essays are divided into two groups - Definitions and Outcomes - to illustrate the distinction between reform as a historical idea and as set of processes. The book provides an ideal starting point for an exploration into key topics of debate surrounding this central event of European history.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0631211047
ISBN 13 
9780631211044
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
256
Editor
Luebke David
Rating
  • 4.33 out of 5 stars
    6 ratings by Goodreads