counter-reformation

     

The Counter-Reformation (also Catholic Reformation or Catholic Revival) enotes the period of Catholic revival from the pontificate of Pope Pius IV in 1560 to the close of the Thirty Years' War, 1648.

Trivia about counter-reformation

  • Pope Paul III was a leader in this movement whose name implies it opposed Protestantism
  • It denotes the Catholic revival & response to Martin Luther that began in the 16th century
  • In the 16th century, Munich was a center of the German phase of this movement against Protestantism

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