* Introduction: What's in a Name? *1. How It All Began *2. Hubert Jedi and the Classic Position *3. England and Italy in Jedin's Wake *4. France, Germany, and Beyond * Conclusion: There's Much in a Name * Bibliography * Notes * Acknowledgments * Index
There is no other comparable book or even article that deals with the same material in such a full and historically accurate way. O'Malley is the first to put a vast amount of scholarship together in a clear, cogent, and authoritative fashion. He has the kind of profound knowledge and understanding of historiography that comes only after years of study. Given the scope of the book, it should be most useful for courses not only on the Reformation, but on early modern Europe in general. His conclusion is a major contribution to the debate about terminology, and it opens a different way of conceiving of the whole history of Catholicism between the Reformation and the French Revolution. -- Elisabeth G. Gleason, Professor of History Emerita, University of San Francisco Trent and All That is punchy, concise, entertaining, and lucid. In fact, these five short chapters constitute the single best overview of scholarship on Catholicism in early modern Europe during the past fifty years. There is frankly nothing of the kind in English. I imagine this will be a most welcome guide. -- Ronnie Po-chia Hsia, Professor of History, New York University
John W. O'Malley is University Professor in the Department of Theology at Georgetown University and the author of many books, including Four Cultures of the West, Trent, Vatican I, What Happened at Vatican II, and The First Jesuits (all from Harvard); The First Jesuits has been translated into twelve languages. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a member of the American Philosophical Society, and a recipient of the Harvard Centennial Medal as well as Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Society for Italian Historical Studies, the Renaissance Society of America, and the American Catholic Historical Association. O'Malley is a member of the Society of Jesus and a Roman Catholic priest.
There is no other comparable book or even article that deals with
the same material in such a full and historically accurate way.
O'Malley is the first to put a vast amount of scholarship together
in a clear, cogent, and authoritative fashion. He has the kind of
profound knowledge and understanding of historiography that comes
only after years of study. Given the scope of the book, it should
be most useful for courses not only on the Reformation, but on
early modern Europe in general. His conclusion is a major
contribution to the debate about terminology, and it opens a
different way of conceiving of the whole history of Catholicism
between the Reformation and the French Revolution. -- Elisabeth G.
Gleason, Professor of History Emerita, University of San
Francisco
In this important study, O'Malley does what his Jesuit forebears so
often did--he engages in creative dialogue with approaches which,
though imperfect, are likely to stay around. -- Alison Shell *
Times Literary Supplement *
[This book is] a remarkably thorough overview of how historians
have sought to make sense of the way the Catholic Church responded
to one of the most complex periods of her history...O'Malley brings
together a vast amount of scholarship to show how the Church
reacted not simply to the Protestant Reformation, but also to the
other new challenges she faced in an age that witnessed both the
rise of the nation state and the creation of vast imperial
structures that by way of conquest carried the message of
Christianity throughout the world. -- David J. Levy * Catholic
Herald *
Trent and All That is punchy, concise, entertaining, and
lucid. In fact, these five short chapters constitute the single
best overview of scholarship on Catholicism in early modern Europe
during the past fifty years. There is frankly nothing of the kind
in English. I imagine this will be a most welcome guide. -- Ronnie
Po-chia Hsia, Professor of History, New York University
This is a unique book focusing on an interesting issue. Roman
Catholicism in the early modern age has been designated by a
variety of names: Counter-Reformation, Catholic Reformation, the
Baroque Age, the Tridentine Age, and the Confessional Age. Why?
What contexts and presuppositions in the last two centuries have
led to this multiplicity? O'Malley is a leading authority and
provides here the most significant and well-documented overview of
this issue and its scholarship In the end, O'Malley proposes his
own candidate for the best name for the period. Yet, this is not
his primary goal alone. He wants to show 'the Catholic side' with
new eyes so that the complexities of the period, frequently missed,
will become apparent O'Malley's fine study opens new paradigms and
persuasively promotes a fresh way of understanding this period of
Roman Catholic history. -- Donald K. McKim * The Sixteenth Century
Journal *
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