Spirit of the Counter-Reformation

H. Outram Evennett
Edited by John Bossy

Evennett isolates the special and positive characteristics of the Counter-Reformation and accounts for them in relation to the environment in which they developed.

“The book is outstanding because it presents a new and perceptive approach to the whole question of Catholic reform in the sixteenth century. . . . Perhaps the most important contribution yet made by an English-speaking historian in this field of study.” — The Catholic Historical Review