The World of Catholic Renewal 1540-1770

The World of Catholic Renewal offers an interpretation of the historical events experienced in the Catholic lands of Europe and the wider world from the mid-sixteenth century to the eighteenth century.

In this accessible study Professor Hsia looks at many aspects of Catholicism, ranging from art and architecture to the social composition of the Tridentine clergy, in an attempt to understand Catholic renewal as a vast historical development that shaped European civilization between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries.