Art, Music, and Intellectual History: Renaissance to Modernity

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Catholic Reformation (Counter-Reformation)

The Church undertook this program of internal reform and reorganization. In an effort to win back to Catholicism those who had strayed to Protestantism, the Church launched the evangelical campaign known as the Counter-Reformation. These two interdependent movements introduced a more militant Catholicism.

Jesuits

Also known as the Society of Jesus, it was founded by Ignatius Loyola. His followers called for a militant return to fundamental Catholic dogma and

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