At Your Fingertips: The Catholic Church Rides the Waves of Turbulent History (1648-1848)

A quick and concise reference to some of the highlights of this era which began in 1648, the year of the Peace of Westphalia and concluded in 1848, when revolutions swept across Europe. The Church survived the French Revolution and the rise of Napoleon to see the restoration of the Society of Jesus and the founding of many new religiuos communities and the unprecedented growth of the Church in many newly emerging nations in the Americas.