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Re-Catholicization

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

The process of converting previously Protestant territories and populations back to Catholicism, often through coercion or incentive, following Catholic military victories.

AP course connection

Topic 2.5: 2.5 The Catholic Reformation

Unit 2

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