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Counter-Reformation [ˌkaʊntəˌrɛfəˈmeɪʃən] n
(Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) the reform movement of the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th and early 17th centuries considered as a reaction to the Protestant Reformation Translations Counter-Reformation [ˌkaʊntəˌrɛfəˈmeɪʃ/ən] n → Controriforma Counter-Reformation [ˌkaʊntəˌrɛfəˈmeɪʃ/ən] n → Controriforma How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The author follows the lead of James Farr and Joan Scott, agreeing with them that refining sexual differences reinforced social order and hierarchy in Counter-Reformation Europe. The term is doubly misplaced, for example, in a section titled "The Counter-Reformation as World Mission. In this respect, the Counter Reformation in Milan in the later sixteenth century was dominated by the ideas and teachings of Cardinal Carlo Borromeo (see Lewis Lockwood, The Counter-Reformation and the Masses of Vincenzo Ruffo [1970]). |
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