The world of Catholic renewal, 1540-1770
By: R. Po-chia Hsia.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: New approaches to European history
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
Subjects: Catholic Church -- History -- 16th century.; Catholic Church -- History -- 17th century.; Catholic Church -- History -- 18th century.; Counter-Reformation.; Church renewal -- Catholic Church -- History.
Description: The second edition of The World of Catholic Renewal offers an updated synthesis of the vast scholarship on the history of 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. Professor Hsia discusses the doctrinal and ecclesiastical renewal after Trent and the progress of Catholic reconquest in various lands. He 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. Encompassing art and architecture, Ronnie Hsia attempts to understand Catholic renewal as a vast historical development that shaped European civilization and also explores its expansion and encounter with non-Christian cultures in America, Africa, and Asia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-252) and index.