Il ritorno della Controriforma (e la Vergine del Rosario di Guápulo)

ELENA BONORA The return of the Counter-Reformation (and the Virgin of the Rosary of Guápulo) The article questions the return of such a controversial term as «Counter-Reformation» in the English-speaking historiography. It retraces the genesis of approaches developed in the cultural studies and within a global perspective that, by focusing solely on religiuos practices and material devotions, have led the dominant «Counter-Reformation narrative» to the deletion of the political dimension. The contribution suggests some good reasons to reopen the lines of communication between the English-speaking and the Italian historiography. Moreover, it critically assess the current use in historical studies of concepts such as «negotiation» and «identity».