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

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

Author: Eamon Duffy
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 07/12/2022
Pages: 720
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.67lbs
Size: 8.45h x 5.41w x 1.93d
ISBN13: 9780300254419
ISBN10: 0300254415
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity | History
- History | General

About the Author
Eamon Duffy is a Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and the author of The Voices of Morebath, Fires of Faith, Marking the Hours, Saints and Sinners, and Ten Popes Who Shook the World.