Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia is Professor of History in Pennsylvania State University. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including Trent 1415: Stories of a Ritual Murder Trial (1992) and Blackwell Companion to the World of the Reformation (ed. 2002).

'… by far the most reliable and authoritative such study now available … deserves to be widely read.' The Expository Times

• 1. The Council of Trent; 2. The new religious orders; 3. The triumphant church; 4. The militant church; 5. The martyred church; 6. The papal curia; 7. Bishops and priests; 8. Counter-reformation saints; 9. Holy women, beatas, demoniacs; 10. Art and architecture; 11. The Catholic book; 12. The Iberian church and empires; 13. The Catholic mission in Asia; 14. From triumph to crisis.

Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia is Professor of History in Pennsylvania State University. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including Trent 1415: Stories of a Ritual Murder Trial (1992) and Blackwell Companion to the World of the Reformation (ed. 2002).

'… by far the most reliable and authoritative such study now available … deserves to be widely read.' The Expository Times

• 1. The Council of Trent; 2. The new religious orders; 3. The triumphant church; 4. The militant church; 5. The martyred church; 6. The papal curia; 7. Bishops and priests; 8. Counter-reformation saints; 9. Holy women, beatas, demoniacs; 10. Art and architecture; 11. The Catholic book; 12. The Iberian church and empires; 13. The Catholic mission in Asia; 14. From triumph to crisis.

Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia is Professor of History in Pennsylvania State University. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including Trent 1415: Stories of a Ritual Murder Trial (1992) and Blackwell Companion to the World of the Reformation (ed. 2002).

'… by far the most reliable and authoritative such study now available … deserves to be widely read.' The Expository Times

• 1. The Council of Trent; 2. The new religious orders; 3. The triumphant church; 4. The militant church; 5. The martyred church; 6. The papal curia; 7. Bishops and priests; 8. Counter-reformation saints; 9. Holy women, beatas, demoniacs; 10. Art and architecture; 11. The Catholic book; 12. The Iberian church and empires; 13. The Catholic mission in Asia; 14. From triumph to crisis.