The Stripping of the Altars
Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580
$37.48
- Paperback
720 pages
- Release Date
10 May 2022
Summary
This prize-winning account of the pre-Reformation church recreates lay people’s experience of religion, showing that late-medieval Catholicism was neither decadent nor decayed, but a strong and vigorous tradition. For this edition, Duffy has written a new introduction reflecting on recent developments in our understanding of the period.
“A mighty and momentous book: a book to be read and re-read, pondered and revered; a subtle, profound book written with passion and eloquence, and wit…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780300254419 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0300254415 |
| Author: | Eamon Duffy |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 720 |
| Release Date: | 10 May 2022 |
| Weight: | 978g |
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Critics Review
“A magnificent scholarly achievement, a compelling read, and not a page too long to defend a thesis which will provoke passionate debate.“—Patricia Morison, Financial Times
“Deeply imaginative, movingly written, and splendidly illustrated.“—Maurice Keen, New York Review of Books
“Duffy wants to show the vitality and appeal of late medieval Catholicism; and to prove that it exerted a diverse and vigorous hold over the imagination and loyalty of the people up to the very moment of Reformation. He suceeds triumphantly.“—Susan Brigden, London Review of Books
“Unfailingly temperate, judicious, and scholarly… . [The book] has a fascinating story to tell.“—James Bowman, The Sunday Telegraph
“The first serious attempt by a historian to restore Mary’s reputation in more than four hundred years.“—Simon Denison, The Sunday Telegraph
“Duffy offers an unrivaled picture of late medieval parochial religion, with all its ritual symbolism and visual imagery.“—Keith Thomas, The Observer
“Anyone interested in the liturgy and buildings of the church, or in the vivid lay participation in religious life of the later middle ages, will find the book an inspiration, and should read it with the utmost care.“—Dorothy M. Owen, Lincolnshire History and Archaeology
Eamon Duffy
Eamon Duffy is a Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and the author of The Voices of Morebath, Fires of Faith, Marking the Hours, Saints and Sinners, and Ten Popes Who Shook the World.
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