Catholic Revival in the Age of the Baroque
Subtitle: Religious Identity in Southwest Germany, 15501750 (New Studies in European History)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: February 5, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780521780445
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; History of religion; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Social & cultural anthropology; Social history; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; Europe - Germany; Germany - History; Roman Catholic Church; Religion - Catholicism; Religion; Germany; Christianity - Catholic; Europe - General; Catholic Church--Germany, Southern--History--16th century; History / Europe / General; Catholic Church; 16th century; 17th century; Church history; Germany, Southern; History
First sentence: Southwest Germany, like the rest of Catholic Europe, experienced the Counter-Reformation in the form of measures taken by both the Church and Catholic states to combat the spread of Protestantism.