THE WORLD OF CATHOLIC RENEWAL, 1540-1770 by R. Po-chia Hsia ( 9780521841542 )

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THE WORLD OF CATHOLIC RENEWAL, 1540-1770

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R. Po-chia Hsia

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0521841542

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9780521841542

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

12 May, 2005

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

Series:

New Approaches to European History 30

Pages:

284

Description:

This is an updated synthesis of the scholarship on the history of Catholicism from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century.

Synopsis:

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. The new edition of this acclaimed textbook offers an additional chapter on The Catholic Book as well as an updated bibliography.

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2 b/w illus. 3 tables

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