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The Ashgate Research Companion to the Counter-Reformation

A comprehensive exploration of early modern Catholicism

Mary Laven editor Geert H Janssen editor Alexandra Bamji editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:14th Oct '24

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This comprehensive examination of early modern Catholicism explores conflict, conversion, and cultural change, making the Ashgate Research Companion to the Counter-Reformation an essential resource for scholars.

The Ashgate Research Companion to the Counter-Reformation offers an in-depth look at the evolution of scholarship surrounding early modern Catholicism. This volume highlights the significant impact of the Tridentine reforms, which sparked both conflict and conversion across Europe. By evaluating various aspects of life, identity, spirituality, and culture, it provides a nuanced understanding of religious change during this pivotal period.

In the past two decades, the study of the Counter-Reformation has expanded in numerous directions, reflecting the diversity and innovation present in contemporary research on early modern Catholicism. The Ashgate Research Companion to the Counter-Reformation explores a wide array of topics, including life cycles, community dynamics, the interplay of science and the senses, as well as the roles of performing and visual arts. It also examines material culture, war, and the state's influence on religious practices, thereby offering a comprehensive view of the era.

Challenging traditional chronological boundaries, this volume introduces readers to the latest findings on global Catholicism, making it an essential resource for scholars and students alike. By weaving together these varied threads of inquiry, the Ashgate Research Companion to the Counter-Reformation stands out as a unique guide that enriches our understanding of European and transnational history during a time of significant transformation.

'This handbook is an excellent survey of current research trends in early modern Catholicism... Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty.' Choice 'The Ashgate Research Companion to the Counter-Reformation ... is an extremely useful tool for those in the academy wishing to instruct the next generation of scholars and also a helpful resource for the experienced scholar. It is an outstanding piece of work. ... The editors and contributors associated with this volume deserve considerable praise and commendation.' Sixteenth Century Journal ’This new companion by a formidable array of early modern historians will breathe new and exciting life into the understanding of this crucial era, disrupting the tendency to impose easy uniformity on the massively complex tapestry of the Reformation narrative. No mere compilation of diverse essays, the work constitutes a highly original drama of intellectual ideas. The editors have orchestrated a remarkable unity out of a pluralism of interwoven perspectives, each fascinating in its own right and yet contributing to the integrity of the whole. The story this book tells is of an era rich in local diversity, exceptions, paradoxes, seminal influences and telling narratives. Highly readable, remarkable in its range of scholarship, this study is set to become an essential text for the early modern period.’ John Cornwell, Cambridge University, UK 'The Ashgate Research Companion to the Counter-Reformation is a valuable handbook for all scholars and students of early modern Catholicism. Leading scholars take on a wide variety of topics and relate important directions in current research, while the work as a whole expands the concept of Counter-Reformation. Comprehensive in scope, the volume focuses on the varieties of religious experience and highlights the complexities of Catholic identities during a dynamic age. This is a work that makes sense of recent scholarship and sends it in new directions.' Charles

ISBN: 9781032919171

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 938g

508 pages