The Counter-Reformation: How Rome Fought Back and Put Galileo Under House Arrest

The Catholic Church didn't just lose half of Europe to Luther and Calvin and roll over. It cleaned house at the Council of Trent, deployed the Jesuits as educated shock troops, built the Index of Forbidden Books, and put Galileo on trial. The Counter-Reformation is why modern Catholicism looks the way it does - and why the Church didn't formally accept that the Earth orbits the Sun until 1992, 359 years after sentencing Galileo to indefinite house arrest. Watch the next video in the playlist: the Wars of Religion and the Peace of Westphalia. ▶ Watch next: 86 Years of Killing: Europe's Wars of Religion Explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7YrRUl2fk0 📺 Full playlist: Heretics, Kings, and the Bible: A History of Christianity https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlIAFxS29649uSipGQOgELRjHwsm3Aib8 Chapters: 0:00 Scene 1 5:32 Scene 2 11:11 Scene 3 16:35 Scene 4 21:41 Scene 5 26:44 Scene 6 31:35 Scene 7 35:39 Quiz Time 37:55 Key Takeaways #CounterReformationhistory #CouncilofTrent #Jesuitshistory #Galileotrial #IndexofForbiddenBooks --- Disclosure The avatars and voices in this video are AI-generated. All content -- research, scripts, lesson design, and the custom video engine -- is created by a CISSP, CISM, and PMP certified professional with a Master's in Project Management, a B.S. in Information Technology, and a Doctorate in Business Administration in progress. This channel exists to make learning accessible and straightforward. Educational history series. This channel does not represent any church, denomination, government, or academic institution. Sources for every historical claim are cited in the script. Religious belief is personal — this series presents the historical record, not theology.