Counter-Reformation

Catholic political and religious response to the Protestant Reformation and earlier reformism
Event religious_controversy Q128168
Counter-Reformation
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Counter-Reformation

Summary

Counter-Reformation is a religious controversy[1]. Counter-Reformation draws 2,365 Wikipedia views per month (religious_controversy category, ranking #2 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Counter-Reformation's instance of is recorded as religious controversy[3].
  • Counter-Reformation's instance of is recorded as social movement[4].
  • Counter-Reformation's instance of is recorded as doctrine[5].
  • Counter-Reformation's instance of is recorded as Q1323572[6].
  • Counter-Reformation's instance of is recorded as religious revival[7].
  • The location of Counter-Reformation was Western Europe[8].
  • Counter-Reformation took place at Central Europe[9].
  • Counter-Reformation is part of Protestant Reformation[10].
  • Counter-Reformation is part of Catholicism[11].
  • Counter-Reformation is part of history of the Catholic Church[12].
  • Counter-Reformation's Commons category is recorded as Counter-Reformation[13].
  • 1545 marks the founding of Counter-Reformation[14].
  • Counter-Reformation began on 1545[15].
  • Counter-Reformation ended on 1648[16].
  • Counter-Reformation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Counter-Reformation[17].
  • Counter-Reformation's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Political Theory[18].
  • Counter-Reformation's described by source is recorded as Vlastenský slovník historický[19].
  • Counter-Reformation's described by source is recorded as The Catholic Encyclopedia[20].
  • Counter-Reformation's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[21].
  • Counter-Reformation's described by source is recorded as Meyer’s Universum, Dreizehnter Band[22].
  • Counter-Reformation's partially coincident with is recorded as Catholic Reformation[23].
  • Counter-Reformation's topic has template is recorded as Template:Counter-Reformation[24].
  • Counter-Reformation's has immediate cause is recorded as Council of Trent[25].
  • Counter-Reformation's has effect is recorded as Baroque[26].
  • Counter-Reformation's has effect is recorded as second scholasticism[27].

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When and Where

Counter-Reformation began on 1545[15]. Counter-Reformation ended on 1648[16]. Recorded location include Western Europe[8] and Central Europe[9].

Context

Part of include Protestant Reformation[10], a subject heading[28]; Catholicism[11], a Christian denominational family[29], founded in 1054[30]; and history of the Catholic Church[12], a history of organizations[31]. Recorded instance of include religious controversy[3], social movement[4], doctrine[5], Q1323572[6], and religious revival[7].

Why It Matters

Counter-Reformation draws 2,365 Wikipedia views per month (religious_controversy category, ranking #2 of 8).[2] Counter-Reformation has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Counter-Reformation is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Counter-Reformation has been cited as an influence by baroque architecture[34], an architectural style[35], founded in 1600[36] and Baroque painting[37], a painting movement[38], founded in 1600[39].

FAQs

Who did Counter-Reformation influence?

Counter-Reformation has been cited as an influence by baroque architecture[34] and Baroque painting[37].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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