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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

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Author

Eamon Duffy

Publisher

Yale Nota Bene/Yale University Press

Published

2006

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300098259

Category

history

Subjects

Christian, Philosophy, Fiction

Rating

3.71 / 5 (296 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14