The Stripping of the Altars by Eamon Duffy

Saints and Sinners, a History of the Popes.The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, c.1400 to c.1580 (1992 subsequent editions in 20).Humanism, Reform and the Reformation: The Career of Bishop John Fisher (1989), with Brendan Bradshaw.Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy (2012).

Honorary doctorates from the universities of Durham, Hull, and King's College London, and from the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, Toronto.

President of the Ecclesiastical History Society (2004–2005).

(He later resigned from the position in protest of management decisions at the college made by its principal, Philip Esler)

Honorary fellow, St Mary's College, Twickenham (2003).Hawthornden Prize for Literature (2002): The Voices of Morebath: Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village.Longman– History Today Award for book of the year (1994): The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England 1400–1580.On weekdays from 22 October to 2 November 2007, he presented the BBC Radio 4 series 10 Popes Who Shook the World – those popes featured were Peter, Leo I, Gregory I, Gregory VII, Innocent III, Paul III, Pius IX, Pius XII, John XXIII, and John Paul II. His work has done much to overturn the popular image of late-medieval Catholicism in England as moribund, and instead presents it as a vibrant cultural force. He is also a former member of the Pontifical Historical Commission. Academic career ĭuffy specialises in 15th- to 17th-century religious history of Britain. He undertook postgraduate research at the University of Cambridge, where his doctoral advisers were Owen Chadwick and Gordon Rupp. He was educated at St Philip's School and the University of Hull. He describes himself as a 'cradle Catholic'. Early life ĭuffy was born on 9 February 1947, in Dundalk, Ireland. He is a professor of the history of Christianity at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow and former president of Magdalene College. Eamon Duffy FSA FBA KSG (born 1947) is an Irish historian.

The Stripping of the Altars by Eamon Duffy