The Catholic Counter-Reformation
- Dates
- 1545–1648 AD
The Catholic response to the Protestant Reformation. Began with the Council of Trent in 1545 and ended with the conclusion of the Thirty Years' War in 1648.
In detail
The Counter—Reformation was a Catholic response to the Protestant Reformation. It began with the Council of Trent (1545—1563) and ended with the Treaty of Westphalia, which effectively ended the Thirty Years' War.
The Counter—Reformation is illustrated best by the ecclesiastical reforms of the Council of Trent, the revival of the Inquisition, the appearance of the Index of Prohibited Books, and the work of the Jesuits.
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