The Catholic Reformation is a vivid and panoramic recreation of one of the greatest eras in Church history. In it noted French historian Henri Daniel-Rops has captured the far-reaching impact of the men and events of that period whose influence is still profoundly felt in the Church today. The author begins with an account of the reawakening of the true Catholic spirit as epitomized by St. Ignatius and his Society of Jesus. He then gives a superb summary of the history of the Council of Trent followed by a study of Christian Europe in which Spain under Philip II, France during the reign of Henry IV, and the Protestant victories in the Netherlands, Scotland, and Elizabethan England are described. After a thorough survey of Catholic missionary activities in the New World and the East during the sixteenth century, Daniel-Rops presents detailed accounts of papal reigns from Gregory XIII to Clement VIII; and the achievements of such men as St. Robert Bellarmine and Baronius. The volume concludes with the work of that great galaxy of saints who helped mold the Church in these years: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross, St. Charles Borromeo, St. Philip Neri and St. Francis de Sales.