Early Modern Catholicism and Its Historiography

This article analyses several key developments within the recent historiography on early modern Catholicism. It charts the transformation from church history to religious history, the use of important concepts such as identity and memory, and the focus on transnational and minority Catholicism, show...

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Main Author: Geraerts, Jaap (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Church history and religious culture
Year: 2017, Volume: 97, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 381-392
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Catholicism / Counter-Reformation / Research
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KDB Roman Catholic Church
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B EARLY MODERN CATHOLICISM church history religious history historiography memory identity
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Summary:This article analyses several key developments within the recent historiography on early modern Catholicism. It charts the transformation from church history to religious history, the use of important concepts such as identity and memory, and the focus on transnational and minority Catholicism, showing that over the last couple of decades the field of early modern Catholicism has been enriched and revitalized by cultural historical methods and concepts. This change of perspective and approach caused that the study of early modern Catholicism has become less isolated and more embedded in the wider study of the early modern period in general.
ISSN:1871-2428
Contains:In: Church history and religious culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18712428-09703007