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The Cardinal of Lorraine and the Council of Trent

A Study in the Counter-Reformation

H Outram Evennett author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:30th Jun '11

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This 1930 volume explores the critical period which finally determined the ultimate orientation of the Counter-Reformation.

This 1930 volume maintains that the first two and a half years of the pontificate of Pius IV, during which the continuation of the Council of Trent was secured against strong French and German opposition, constituted the critical period which finally determined the ultimate orientation of the Counter-Reformation.The author of this 1930 volume maintains that the first two and a half years of the pontificate of Pius IV, during which the continuation of the Council of Trent and the maintenance of its earlier decrees were secured against strong French and German opposition, constituted the critical period which finally determined the ultimate orientation of the Counter-Reformation. This thesis is worked out in detail in regard to the French efforts to prevent the continuation of the Tridentine Council and to force the Counter-Reformation into different channels from those desired by Rome, efforts which were largely inspired by the Cardinal of Lorraine around whom the narrative is hung. In addition, an attempt is made to appreciate the Cardinal's personality and to understand his ecclesiastical standpoint.

ISBN: 9781107601413

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 31mm

Weight: 700g

556 pages