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The World of Catholic Renewal, 1540-1770 (New Approaches to European History) Book

The second edition of The World of Catholic Renewal offers an updated synthesis of the vast scholarship on the history of Catholicism from the middle of the sixteenth century to the eighteenth century. Professor Hsia discusses the doctrinal and ecclesiastical renewal after Trent. Encompassing art and architecture, he attempts to understand Catholic renewal as a vast historical development that shaped European civilization and explores its expansion and encounter with non-Christian cultures in America, Africa, and Asia. The new edition offers an additional chapter on The Catholic Book and updated bibliography.Read More

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    This second edition features an updated synthesis of the vast scholarship on the history 0f Catholicism from the Council of Trent in the middle of the sixteenth century to the suppression of the Society of Jesus in the eighteenth century. The book covers the doctrinal and ecclesiastical renewal after Trent and the progress of Catholic reconquest in various lands. It also analyses the social composition of the Tridentine clergy and the papal curia and studies the making of early modern sainthood and the enclosure of religious women. An additional chapter on The Catholic Book as well as an updated bibliography are included.

  • 0521841542
  • 9780521841542
  • R. Po-chia Hsia
  • 12 May 2005
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 282
  • 2
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