The Stripping of the Altars : Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580-9780300254419

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

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Eamon Duffy's award-winning tome offers a fresh perspective on the pre-Reformation Church, challenging...
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Eamon Duffy's award-winning tome offers a fresh perspective on the pre-Reformation Church, challenging long-held notions of a decadent and declining late-medieval Catholicism. Instead, Duffy paints a vivid picture of a robust and thriving religious tradition, as experienced by the laity. This latest edition features a new introduction by the author, addressing recent scholarly developments in our understanding of the period.

Acclaimed by critics and scholars alike, this masterful work has been hailed as a triumph of revisionist history. J. J. Scarisbrick of The Tablet describes it as "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." Edward T. Oakes, writing for Commonweal, lauds it as "revisionist history at its most imaginative and exciting... [An] astonishing and magnificent piece of work."

The Financial Times' Patricia Morison praises the book as "a magnificent scholarly achievement, a compelling read, and not a page too long to defend a thesis which will provoke passionate debate." Maurice Keen, in the New York Review of Books, commends it as "deeply imaginative, movingly written, and splendidly illustrated."

This groundbreaking study, which earned the Longman-History Today Book of the Year Award, promises to captivate readers with its meticulous research, engaging prose, and thought-provoking insights into a pivotal period of English religious history.

Product Information:

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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