The Stripping of the Altars : Traditional Religion in England, 1400?1580 (0300108281)

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

Product details

• Format Paperback | 608 pages
• Dimensions 155 x 235 x 38mm | 1,175g
• Publication date 10 May 2005
• Publisher Yale University Press
• Publication City/Country New Haven, CT, United States
• Language English
• Edition Revised
• Edition Statement 2nd Revised edition
• Illustrations note 141 b-w illus.
• ISBN10 0300108281
• ISBN13 9780300108286
• Bestsellers rank 69,956

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