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

Author: Duffy, Eamon

Brand: imusti

Edition: 2nd

Number Of Pages: 700

Details: This prize-winning account of the pre-Reformation church recreates lay people’s experience of religion in fifteenth-century England. Eamon Duffy shows that late medieval Catholicism was neither decadent nor decayed, but was a strong and vigorous tradition, and that the Reformation represented a violent rupture from a popular and theologically respectable religious system. For this edition, Duffy has written a new Preface reflecting on recent developments in our understanding of the period. From reviews of the first edition: “A magnificent scholarly achievement [and] a compelling read.”―Patricia Morrison, Financial Times “Deeply imaginative, movingly written, and splendidly illustrated. . . . Duffy’s analysis . . . carries conviction.”―Maurice Keen, New York Review of Books “This book will afford enjoyment and enlightenment to layman and specialist alike.”―Peter Heath, Times Literary Supplement “[An] astonishing and magnificent piece of work.”―Edward T. Oakes, Commonweal

EAN: 8601300184937

Release Date: 10-05-2005

Languages: English

Item Condition: UsedGood

Binding: Paperback

PartNumber: 9780300108286