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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
Book ISBN: | 9780300254419 |
Book Author: | Eamon Duffy |
Book Format: | Paperback / softback |
Book Imprint: | Yale University Press |
Book Publisher: | Yale University Press |
Book Dimensions: | 137 x 217 x 51 cm |
Book Publication Date: | 2022-10-05 |
Book Pagination: | 720 pages, 143 b-w illus. |
Book Weight: | 768g |
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