They became the mobilizing forces of a popular Counter-Reformation in the South , thereby facilitating the eventual emergence of the state of Belgium .
Meanwhile , Catholic refugees from the North regrouped in Cologne and Douai and developed a more militant , Tridentine identity .
Catholic became the mobilizing forces of a popular Counter-Reformation in the South , thereby facilitating the eventual emergence of the state of Belgium .
Meanwhile , Catholic refugees from the North regrouped in Cologne and Douai and developed a more militant , Tridentine identity .