Sentences with phrase «violent encounters account»

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Though he provides a vivid account of Pascal and Jansenism to illustrate the divisions within seventeenth century French Catholicism and emphasizes the violent opposition encountered by Catholic reformers like Charles Borromeo and John of the Cross, Eire's treatment of the divisions within Catholic reform in general is less vividly realized than his treatment of the corresponding tensions with Protestantism, though Catholic reform could be every bit as fiercely contested and divided.

Historical accounts have it that in 1725, the Spanish frigate Nuestra Señora de Begoña encountered a violent storm while en route from Venezuela to the Canary Islands.