The Reformation and Counter-Reformation represented the less civilized nations rebelling against Italian intellectual domination.

Evidence

The Reformation and Counter-Reformation, alike, represent the rebellion of less civilized nations against the intellectual domination of Italy. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1929

Categorization

• XREF: XREF names the broader geopolitical thesis Russell develops across early modern European history. — connects to: Print-capitalism enabled the Reformation to outspeed Rome’s communications — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 177; Protestantism outflanked the Counter-Reformation by exploiting vernacular print markets — Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on…, 178; Marxism synthesizes the Reformation plus the French Revolution into a unified theory (+1 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 1929