The Stripping of the altars : traditional religion in England, c. 1400-c. 1580 / Eamon Duffy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duffy, Eamon, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--England--Customs and practices.

Catholic Church.

Church of England--Customs and practices.

Church of England.

Reformation--England.

Reformation.

England--Religious life and customs.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (695 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Other Title:

Stripping of the altars : traditional religion in England, 1400-1580

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2005]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction

1. Seasons and Signs: the Liturgical Year

2. How the Plowman learned his Paternoster

3. The Mass

4. Corporate Christians

5. The Saints

6. "Lewed and Learned": the Laity and the Primers

7. The Devotions of the Primers

8. Charms, Pardons and Promises : Lay Piety and "Superstition" in the Primers

9. Last Things

10. The Pains of Purgatory

11. The Attack on Traditional Religion I: From the Break with Rome to the Act of Six Articles

12. The Attack on Traditional Religion II: To the death of Henry VIII

13. The Attack on Traditional Religion III: The Reign of Edward VI

14. The Impact of Reform: Parishes

15. The Impact of Reform: Wills

16. Mary

17. Elizabeth

Abbreviations

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300197761

0300197764

OCLC:

1091654114