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Y308: The Catholic Reformation 1492–1610

Institutional reforms: role of the Papacy, Inquisition and Councils

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Key term

What was the Roman Inquisition?

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What was the Index?

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Contrast the Fifth Lateran Council with the Council of Trent.

Questions from this subtopic

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  1. 1

    How did the character of the papacy change after 1534?

    Model answer

    A succession of popes committed to reform replaced the Renaissance princes, summoning a general council, approving new orders and reorganising the government of the Church.

  2. 2

    State Paul III's chief institutional initiatives.

    Model answer

    He appointed reforming cardinals and a commission on abuses, approved the Society of Jesus in 1540, established the Roman Inquisition in 1542 and opened the Council of Trent in 1545.

  3. 3

    What was the Roman Inquisition?

    Model answer

    A central tribunal of cardinals created in 1542 with authority throughout the Church to detect and try heresy, modelled in part on the Spanish institution.

  4. 4

    How did the Spanish Inquisition differ from the Roman one?

    Model answer

    The Spanish tribunal, founded in 1478, was under royal rather than papal control and was directed first at converted Jews and later at the Moriscos.

  5. 5

    What was the Index?

    Model answer

    The official list of books Catholics were forbidden to read, first issued at Rome in 1559 and reissued in a more workable form, with general rules, after Trent.

  6. 6

    Why was the Index of 1559 so quickly revised?

    Model answer

    Its sweeping bans, covering whole authors and vernacular Bibles, proved unenforceable and provoked protest even from loyal Catholics.

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