Introduction

Machielsen, Jan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8492-0263, Michelson, Emily and Olds, Katrina B. 2026. Introduction. Machielsen, J., Michelson, E. and Olds, K. B., eds. The Cambridge Companion to Counter-Reformation Sanctity, Cambridge Companions to Religion, Cambridge University Press, pp. 1-14. (10.1017/9781009199599.001)

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Abstract

When Catholicism went global during the early modern period, it did so through the practices, idioms, and procedures of sanctity, in an uneven, messy, embodied process that often escaped control. Well beyond the papacy’s formal processes of beatification and canonization, the worldwide early modern Catholic community was united by belief in the continued immanence of the sacred and the supernatural in everyday life, especially through the cult of saints. The quest for and defense of sanctity defined early modern Catholicism. Every aspect of its pursuit also refuted the new Protestant dogmas of sola fide, sola Scriptura, and sola gratia. This Companion therefore offers sanctity as a new prism through which to envision the Catholic Church in the early modern era.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > History, Archaeology and Religion
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISBN:	9781009199605
Last Modified:	20 Apr 2026 14:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/186509

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