{"product_id":"9780300254419","title":"The Stripping of the Altars : Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Duffy, Eamon \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHistory\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 12 April 2022 by Yale University Press in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 720 pages, 143 b-w illus.\u003cbr\u003e137 x 217 x 51 | 768g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e “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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55491503751554,"sku":"9780300254419","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9780300254419.jpg?v=1753749151","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.pro\/products\/9780300254419","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}