1500 – 1600
End of the Renaissance and the Reformation

El Greco's Adoration of the Shepherds



El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), Adoration of the Shepherds, ca. 1612 - 1614,
oil on canvas, 126 x 71 in. (319 x 180 cm), (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid)


Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker

 

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Counter Reformation

Counter-Reformation Overview

A Marxist History of the World: The Counter-Reformation

A Roman Catholic definition from the New Advent (Catholic Encyclopedia)

Council of Trent
Council of Trent from the New Advent (Catholic Encyclopedia)

The canons and decrees of the sacred and oecumenical Council of Trent translated into Engilsh

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