GERMAN · C2WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION
die Gegenreformation
Counter-Reformation (the Catholic Church's response to the Protestant Reformation from the 16th century, including internal reform and reaffirmation of doctrine)
IN CONTEXT
Bei der Stadtführung erfuhren wir, welche Spuren die Gegenreformation hinterlassen hatte und weshalb manche Kirchenräume so demonstrativ prächtig gestaltet waren.
On the city tour, we learned what traces the Counter-Reformation had left and why some church interiors were so ostentatiously magnificent.
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