The Refashioning of Catholicism 1450-1700: A Reassessment of the Counter-reformation - Couverture rigide

Bireley, Robert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0333660803 ISBN 13 : 9780333660805

Editeur : Red Globe Press, 1999

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Red Globe Press
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0333660803
• ISBN 13: 9780333660805
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 231
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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