#History #FrenchHistory #CounterReformation
(a long but interesting essay)
570 million Frenchmen
France's decline coincided with a collapse in its birth rate – now we know why. by GUILLAUME BLANC AND WORKS IN PROGRESS
today's blog entry is a biography of a 17th century monastic "Maisterin," centered on the account of her leadership from the Convent chronicle of Thalbach in Bregenz.
https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com/
#17thc #histodons #blog #AmWriting #ConventChronicles #nuntastic #CounterReformation
Before French occupation granted religious freedom, the #Baroque era embodied artistic grandeur and served the #CounterReformation by restoring #CatholicChurch power. St. Mariä Himmelfahrt in #Cologne exemplifies this, showcasing efforts to reaffirm dominance through monumental, elaborate religious structures. Here’s a brief overview of the church’s history in this symbolic era:
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/weekend_stories/told/2024-11-05-st_maria_himmelfahrt_cologne/
#WeekendStories #ChurchHistory #ChristianCulture #Protestantism #Catholicism #histodons
El Greco -- St John the Evangelist
Back in 1976 in an exhibition of Golden Age Spanish painting at London's Royal Academy, the colours, style of representing the human form, and overall design of El Greco's St John the Evangelist made an unforgettable visual impression on me. More than a decade later, I was fortunate enough to see once more St John's distinctive El Greco physiognomy and hands at the Prado.
#Art #Painting #ElGreco #SpanishArt #Counterreformation #Mannerism #Prado #StJohnTheEvangelist
El Greco - Penitent Magdalene
When many years ago I first visited Budapest's Museum of Fine Arts, I did not know that this El Greco was in their collection.
How surprised and delighted I was to encounter represented in the unmistakable El Greco style Mary Magdalene looking heavenward!
#Art #Painting #Counterreformation #ElGreco #MaryMagdalene #Mannerism #Budapest
modern usage of the term #propaganda is derived from the Congregatio de Propaganda Fide (Congregation for Propagating the Faith), a new administrative body of the Catholic Church created in 1622 as part of the #CounterReformation.
Yesterday was the birthday of Cardinal Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, a surprisingly important figure in the history of #EarlyModern worship and #BookHistory. So I wrote a blogpost in his honour!
#Histodons #MusicalBookHistory #Printing #EarlyMusic #CounterReformation #CouncilOfTrent #Liturgy
Hi fellow #histodons! Since I’m moving towards mastodon I thought I’d introduce myself properly.
I’m a cultural historian of music and books, with a particular focus on the relationships between music, worship, and identities in times of upheaval.
My current Marie Skłodowska-Curie project investigates how musical saints’ cults connected Lutherans and Catholics despite the rupture of the #Reformation.
Other research areas include #MusicPrinting, #MusicalBookHistory, #BookHistory, #CounterReformation #Ecumenicism, #CulturalHeritage, the musical lives of #Beguines, and … #CallTheMidwife (#nuntastic).
Looking forward to connecting with other @bookhistodons, @histodons, @bookstodon!
https://mariannecegillion.wordpress.com/2022/04/04/new-project-new-university-old-plainchant/
Delighted to share the open access early view publication of my article in History, ‘They Hide from Me, Like the Devil from the Cross’: Transalpine Postal Routes as Intelligence Work, 1555–1645' https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-229X.13362
#earlymodern #postalhistory #histodons #publications #intelligence #counterreformation
Liam O'Mara IV, PhD
Maude Nificent
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