The Counter-Reformation

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

Acknowledgements. Editor's Introduction. Part I: Definitions: . 1. Catholic Reformation or Counter-Reformation?: Hubert Judin. 2. Counter-Reformation Spirituality: H. Outram Evennett. 3. Was Ignatius Loyola a Church Reformer? How to Look at Early Modern Catholicism: John W. O'Malley. Part II: Outcomes:. 4. The Counter-Reformation and the People of Catholic Europe: John Bossy. 5. Reformation, Counter-Reformation, and the Early Modern State: A Reassessment: Wolfgang Reinhard. 6. How to Become a Counter-Reformation Saint: Peter Burke. 7. Little Women: Counter-Reformation Misogyny: Alison Weber. 8. The Thirty Years' War and the Failure of Catholicization: Marc R. Forster. 9. 'The Heart Has Its Reasons': Predicaments of Missionary Christianity in Early Colonial Peru: Sabine MacCormack. Index.