ePub Germans; Jews; and the Claims of Modernity by Professor Jonathan M. Hess; Jonathan M. Hess in History

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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