The Catholic and Counter Reformations

Question 1

Catholic Reformation

Answer 1

Catholics are trying to build Catholicism back. Want to institute Catholicism in more places

Question 2

Counter-Reformation

Answer 2

Refer to when the catholic church is trying to squash Protestantism.

Question 3

New Religious Orders- Catholic Reformation
Jesuits

Answer 3

Ignatius Loyola thinks it’s his responsibility to take this group of clergies and militarize in a sense to go spread the word of the catholic church. Catholic missionaries take root. See them get on the exploration boats and spreads Catholicism in the new world

Question 4

New Religious Orders- Catholic Reformation
Ursulines and Teresa of Avila

Answer 4

Ursulines want to educate women and Teresa of Avila weaves in mystical ideas of the supernatural and the idea of miracles to help encourage the catholic faith. Willing to make small changes

Question 5

New Religious Orders- Catholic Reformation

Answer 5

Have an index of prohibited books, more counter-reformation. Anything that challenges the catholic reformation is most likely going to show up on this index

Question 6

Intensive Measures
The Council of Trent 1545-1563

Answer 6

Big meeting where the cardinals all gathered and make some changes. Look at some of the abuses and make movements towards making it better. But they double down on limiting indulgences, but not moving away from clerical celibacy. You see only a little amount of change

Question 7

Intensive Measures
The Inquisition 1542

Answer 7

The pope gets more power and authority and becomes a campaign of investigations of not following through with conversion or not being a catholic, there could be torture, forced into conversion, many are executed.

Question 8

Counter/Catholic Reformation Repeats
Charles V- HRE

Answer 8

Hapsburg. Lutheran group of princes who call themselves the Schmalkaldic League. Charles V stanch catholic, wanting to hold Catholicism in the HRE, and squashing Lutheranism. The peace of Augsburg decides that the Lutheran princes are allowed to choose and calms tensions, Charles V loses power

Question 9

Counter/Catholic Reformation Repeats
Phillip II- Spain

Answer 9

Married to Mary the 1st of England. Trying to expand Spanish influence by taking the Netherlands. Takes Spanish provinces and keeps them catholic and continues to try to push his influence onto England. Sends his armada, and is defeated by Elizabeth I.