The Stripping of the Altars Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580
| Other author | Duffy, Eamon |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| Publication Info | New Haven : Yale University Press |
| Description | 700 p. ill 09.250 x 06.250 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
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| Summary | Annotation This prize-winning account of the pre-Reformation church recreates lay peoples 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 TimesDeeply imaginative, movingly written, and splendidly illustrated. . . . Duffys analysis . . . carries conviction.Maurice Keen, New York Review of BooksThis 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 |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780300108286 |
| ISBN | 0300108281 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780300108286 |
| Stock number | 00029174 |