This text argues that early modern Catholicism, the period known more traditionally as the Counter Reformation, was both shaped by and an active response to the profound changes of the 16th century, including: the growth of the state; economic expansion; social dislocation; and the Reformation.
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Catholic University Of America Press The refashioning of catholicism, 1450-1700: a reassessment of the counter reformation, paperback/robert bireley
