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The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580

Eamon Duffy
4.25/5 (1096 ratings)
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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 with masterly control.”—J. J. Scarisbrick, The Tablet

“Revisionist history at its most imaginative and exciting. . . . [An] astonishing and magnificent piece of work.”—Edward T. Oakes, Commonweal

“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

Winner of the Longman-History Today Book of the Year Award
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The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580

Eamon Duffy
4.25/5 (1096 ratings)
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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 with masterly control.”—J. J. Scarisbrick, The Tablet

“Revisionist history at its most imaginative and exciting. . . . [An] astonishing and magnificent piece of work.”—Edward T. Oakes, Commonweal

“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

Winner of the Longman-History Today Book of the Year Award
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
Second Edition
Language:
en-US
ISBN10:
0300108281
ISBN13:
9780300108286
kindle Asin:

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