Question

3. With reference to the impact of Reformation, explain the following:
a) Counter-Reformation.
(c) Religious wars among European countries.
(b) Weakening of Papacy.​

Answer 1

Answer:

a)The Counter-Reformation, also called the Catholic Reformation or the Catholic Revival, was the period of Catholic resurgence that was initiated in response to the Protestant Reformation. It began with the Council of Trent and largely ended with the conclusion of the European wars of religion in 1648.

b)Fought after the Protestant Reformation began in 1517, the wars disrupted the religious and political order in the Catholic countries of Europe. ... The conflicts culminated in the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), which devastated Germany and killed one-third of its population, a mortality rate twice that of World War