Eamon Duffy The Stripping of the Altars (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Stripping of the AltarsCondition: NewSubtitle: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580ISBN-10: 0300254415EAN: 9780300254419ISBN: 9780300254419Publisher: Yale University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/10/2022Description: 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 AwardLanguage: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmItem Weight: 771gAuthor: Eamon DuffyGenre: HistoryTopic: Philosophy & SpiritualityRelease Year: 2022 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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