HIST 527 Counter Reformation (1540-1615)
A study of the efforts of the Roman Catholic Church to deal with the Protestant Reformation and other changes in society with particular attention to diplomatic and theological responses, religious colloquies, Council of Trent, enforcement of its decrees, index and inquisition, liturgical reforms, religious art and music, clerical education, controversialist theology, religious orders and spirituality, popular piety, missionary and uniate efforts, and confessionalization. [also TRS 727E]