A report on Counter-Reformation
The period of Catholic resurgence that was initiated in response to the Protestant Reformation, also known as the Protestant Revolution.
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Charles IX of Sweden
1 linksCharles IX, also Carl (Karl IX; 4 October 1550 – 30 October 1611), reigned as King of Sweden from 1604 until his death.
Charles IX, also Carl (Karl IX; 4 October 1550 – 30 October 1611), reigned as King of Sweden from 1604 until his death.
His reign marked the start of the final chapter (dated 1648 by some) both of the Reformation and of the Counter-Reformation.
Patent of Toleration
1 linksEdict of toleration issued on 13 October 1781 by the Habsburg emperor Joseph II.
Edict of toleration issued on 13 October 1781 by the Habsburg emperor Joseph II.
For the first time after the Counter-Reformation, the Patent guaranteed the practice of religion by the Evangelical Lutheran and the Reformed Church in Austria.
Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
5 linksHoly Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1619 until his death in 1637.
Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1619 until his death in 1637.
Ferdinand regarded the regulation of religious issues as a royal prerogative and introduced strict Counter-Reformation measures from 1598.
Baroque
3 linksStyle of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1740s.
Style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1740s.
The first phase of the Counter-Reformation had imposed a severe, academic style on religious architecture, which had appealed to intellectuals but not the mass of churchgoers.
John of the Cross
2 linksSpanish Catholic priest, mystic, and a Carmelite friar of converso origin.
Spanish Catholic priest, mystic, and a Carmelite friar of converso origin.
He is a major figure of the Counter-Reformation in Spain, and he is one of the thirty-seven Doctors of the Church.
Bohemian Revolt
1 linksUprising of the Bohemian estates against the rule of the Habsburg dynasty that began the Thirty Years' War.
Uprising of the Bohemian estates against the rule of the Habsburg dynasty that began the Thirty Years' War.
This started re-Catholisation of the Czech lands, but also expanded the scope of the Thirty Years' War by drawing Denmark and Sweden into it.
Peter Paul Rubens
2 linksFlemish artist and diplomat from the Duchy of Brabant in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium).
Flemish artist and diplomat from the Duchy of Brabant in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium).
His unique and immensely popular Baroque style emphasized movement, colour, and sensuality, which followed the immediate, dramatic artistic style promoted in the Counter-Reformation.
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
2 linksItalian sculptor and architect.
Italian sculptor and architect.
Bernini's works are therefore often characterized as perfect expressions of the spirit of the assertive, triumphal but self-defensive Counter Reformation Roman Catholic Church.
Erasmus
4 linksDutch philosopher and Catholic theologian who is considered one of the greatest scholars of the northern Renaissance.
Dutch philosopher and Catholic theologian who is considered one of the greatest scholars of the northern Renaissance.
Using humanist techniques for working on texts, he prepared important new Latin and Greek editions of the New Testament, which raised questions that would be influential in the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation.
Holy League (1684)
0 linksAlliance of European nations formed during the Great Turkish War.
Alliance of European nations formed during the Great Turkish War.
This counter-reformation movement saw the population of Hungary grow increasingly disillusioned with the Habsburg rule.