The Stripping of the Altars

This profoundly influential book re-examines events leading up to the Reformation in England and illuminates our understanding of the period. A prize-winning account, it recreates lay people's experience of the religion of the pre-Reformation church showing 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 substantial new introduction, including a discussion of the Lollards and reflecting on recent developments in Reformation studies. 'A mighty and momentous book ...which reorders one's thinking about much of England's religious past.' Jack Scarisbrick, The Tablet 'Duffy wants to show the vitality and appeal of late medieval Catholicism and to prove that it exerted a diverse and vigorous hold over the imagination and loyalty of the people up to the very moment of the Reformation. He succeeds triumphantly.'Susan Bridgen, London Review of Books 'A magnificent scholarly achievement, a compelling read, and not a page too long.' Patricia Morrison, Financial Times 'A landmark book in the history of the Reformation.' Ann Eljenholm Nichols, Sixteenth Century Journal 'This book will afford enjoyment and enlightenment to layman and specialist alike. Duffy sweeps the reader along ...by his lively and absorbing detail, his piercing insights, patient analysis, and his vigour in debates.' Peter Heath, Times Literary Supplement 'Sensitively written and beautifully produced, this book represents a major contribution to the Reformation debate.' Norman Tanner, The Times 'Deeply imaginative, movingly written, and splendidly illustrated.' Maurice Keen, The New York Review of Books

ISBN 0300108281   Pages 680 ISBN13 9780300108286 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Yale University Press   Weight (grammes) 1207 Imprint Yale University Press   Published in New Haven Format Paperback   Previous ISBN 9780300060768 Publication date 11 Mar 2005   Height (mm) 235 Library of Congress BR742   Width (mm) 155 DEWEY 274.205   Spine width (mm) 43 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General, Professional / Scholarly

Pt. I		The structures of traditional religion		9
1		Seasons and signs : the liturgical year		11
2		How the plowman learned his Paternoster		53
3		The Mass		91
4		Corporate Christians		131
5		The saints		155
6		"Lewed and learned" : the laity and the Primers		209
7		The devotions of the Primers		233
8		Charms, pardons and promises : lay piety and "superstition" in the Primers		266
9		Last things		301
10		The pains of purgatory		338
Pt. II		The stripping of the altars, 1530-1580		377
11		The attack on traditional religion I : from the break with Rome to the Act of Six Articles		379
12		The attack on traditional religion II : to the death of Henry VIII		424
13		The attack on traditional religion III : the reign of Edward VI		448
14		The impact of reform : parishes		478
15		The impact of reform : wills		504
16		Mary		524
17		Elizabeth		565

"'A mighty and momentous book... which reorders one's thinking about much of England's religious past.' Jack Scarisbrick, The Tablet; 'Duffy wants to show the vitality and appeal of late medieval Catholicism and to prove that it exerted a diverse and vigorous hold over the imagination and loyalty of the people up to the very moment of the Reformation. He succeeds triumphantly.' Susan Bridgen, London Review of Books; 'A magnificent scholarly achievement, a compelling read, and not a page too long.' Patricia Morrison, Financial Times; 'A landmark book in the history of the Reformation.' Ann Eljenholm Nichols, Sixteenth Century Journal; 'This book will afford enjoyment and enlightenment to layman and specialist alike. Duffy sweeps the reader along... by his lively and absorbing detail, his piercing insights, patient analysis, and his vigour in debates.' Peter Heath, Times Literary Supplement; 'Sensitively written and beautifully produced, this book represents a major contribution to the Reformation debate.' Norman Tanner, The Times; 'Deeply imaginative, movingly written, and splendidly illustrated.' Maurice Keen, The New York Review of Books"

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