The Counter-Reformation

Author

Elizabeth Dolores Egan, Marquette University

Date of Award

5-1930

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Department

Theology

First Advisor

Francis L. Betten

Abstract

There have been but few periods in the history of the Western church in which its administration and the lives of the clergy have been completely exempt from censure. Abuses occurred in the middle ages which required the constant effort of reformers to counter-act. In the eleventh century the church was confronted with the contest about Lay-investiture. This was an abuse which grew out of the feudal system. In addition to investing nobles with feudal property it became the custom to invest the clergy, especially bishops and archbishops, with fiefs...

Comments

A Thesis submitted to partially fulfill the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor Arts.

Recommended Citation

Egan, Elizabeth Dolores, "The Counter-Reformation" (1930). Bachelors’ Theses. 441.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bachelor_essays/441