The Council of Trent: Reform and Controversy in Europe and Beyond (1545-1700)

Vol. 1: Between Trent, Rome and Wittenberg

Contributions by Robert Bireley Contributions by John O'Malley, SJ Contributions by Günther Wassilowsky Contributions by Els Agten Contributions by Antonio Gerace Contributions by Joris Geldhof Contributions by Vasyl Popelyastyy Contributions by Antoine Mazurek Contributions by Camilla Russell-Casari Contributions by Emidio Campi Contributions by Günter Frank Contributions by Gerald Theodore MacDonald Contributions by Paolo Sachet Contributions by Federica Meloni Edited by Wim François Edited by Violet Soen Associate editor Christopher B. Brown Associate editor Günter Frank Associate editor Bruce Gordon Associate editor Barbara Mahlmann-Bauer Associate editor Tarald Rasmussen Associate editor Violet Soen Associate editor Zsombor Tóth Associate editor Günther Wassilowsky Associate editor Siegrid Westphal

Book cover: The Council of Trent: Reform and Controversy in Europe and Beyond (1545-1700)

Extent: 423 pages

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Subjects: Religious Studies

Series: Refo500 Academic Studies (R5AS)

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(September 2018)

ISBN: 9783525551073

6.34 x 9.33 inches

Price: $163.00

In stock

Three Volumes about the Council of Trent and its impact in Europe.


Exactly 450 years after the solemn closure of the Council of Trent on 4 December 1563, scholars from diverse regional, disciplinary and confessional backgrounds convened in Leuven to reflect upon the impact of this Council, not only in Europe but also beyond. Their conclusions are to be found in these three impressive volumes. Bridging different generations of scholarship, the authors reassess in a first volume Tridentine views on the Bible, theology and liturgy, as well as their reception by Protestants, deconstructing many myths surviving in scholarship and society alike. They also deal with the mechanisms ‘Rome’ developed to hold a grip on the Council’s implementation. The second volume analyzes the changes in local ecclesiastical life, initiated by bishops, orders and congregations, and the political strife and confessionalisation accompanying this reform process. The third and final volume examines the afterlife of Trent in arts and music, as well as in the global impact of Trent through missions.

  • Contributions by Robert Bireley
  • Contributions by John O’Malley, SJ
  • Contributions by Günther Wassilowsky
  • Contributions by Els Agten
  • Contributions by Antonio Gerace
  • Contributions by Joris Geldhof
  • Contributions by Vasyl Popelyastyy
  • Contributions by Antoine Mazurek
  • Contributions by Camilla Russell-Casari
  • Contributions by Emidio Campi
  • Contributions by Günter Frank
  • Contributions by Gerald Theodore MacDonald
  • Contributions by Paolo Sachet
  • Contributions by Federica Meloni
  • Edited by Wim François
  • Edited by Violet Soen
  • Associate editor Christopher B. Brown
  • Associate editor Günter Frank
  • Associate editor Bruce Gordon
  • Associate editor Barbara Mahlmann-Bauer
  • Associate editor Tarald Rasmussen
  • Associate editor Violet Soen
  • Associate editor Zsombor Tóth
  • Associate editor Günther Wassilowsky
  • Associate editor Siegrid Westphal

"Major themes characteristic of recent scholarship on early modern Catholicism are well represented in these volumes: clergy and laity, change and continuity, centers and peripheries, local variation, politics, religious practice, culture, confessionalization, and intellectual life. Together these volumes make a major contribution to the burgeoning scholarship on early modern Catholicism in and outside Europe." Gregory, Brad S., Church History, May 5, 2020
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