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

di Eamon Duffy (Autore)

Yale University Press, 2022

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

• Autore: Eamon Duffy
• Editore: Yale University Press
• Anno: 2022
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 720 p.
• Dimensioni: 216 x 140 mm
• Peso: 726 gr.
• EAN: 9780300254419

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