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"'Medievalists will welcome Marking the Hours' (Sarah Williams, BBC History Magazine) 'Eamon Duffy's Marking the Hours brilliantly opens up 'windows on men's souls' - as well as being this year's most beautifully produced work of history.' (John Adamson, The Sunday Telegraph) 'This is a glorious feast of a book. Yale University Press has, as always, devoted extraordinary resources to making it both beautiful and good... With Duffy as our guide, the apparently random scribbles of often nameless men and women start to sound like a clear message from the distant past.' (Kathryn Hughes, The Guardian) 'The most beautiful history book of the year' (Ruth Scurr, The Times) 'Once again, as readable and convincing as in The Striping of the Altars, Professor Duffy brings alive the daily life of English people in the two centuries before the Reformation, this time through the beautiful prayer books that they often annotated or defaced in a revealing way.' (Christopher Howse, The Spectator)"
BBC History Magazine, November 2006
'Like books of hours, Duffy's new book is lavilshly illustrated,
so one can also see what he is writing about.'
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
so one can also see what he is writing about.'
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
After reading "The Stripping of the Altars", I was determined to read more of Eamon Duffy's works and with each one I am not only more informed but more appreciative of the strong faith held pre- and at the time of the English Reformation.
In this most lavish book, Duffy looks at copies of personal Prayer Books, and in particular the writings on them which record the lives, and deaths, of those near and dear to the owners, giving us fascinating insights to the lives and devotional practices of the owners. The illustrations of the Prayer Books are worth the price of this book alone, but Eamon Duffy is an engaging and intelligent writer, and every page will inform and educate. More please Mr Duffy!
In this most lavish book, Duffy looks at copies of personal Prayer Books, and in particular the writings on them which record the lives, and deaths, of those near and dear to the owners, giving us fascinating insights to the lives and devotional practices of the owners. The illustrations of the Prayer Books are worth the price of this book alone, but Eamon Duffy is an engaging and intelligent writer, and every page will inform and educate. More please Mr Duffy!
75 of 78 people found the following review helpful
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'Marking the hours' is an excellent companion book to Professor Duffy's 'The Stripping of the Altars' and 'Voices of Morebath'. The main thrust of Duffys arguement in 'Altars' and 'Morebath' is that immediately prior to the Henrician reformation England's adherance to Rome was firm and that there was little to suggest that there was an appetite for the non-conformism fomenting on the continent.
'Marking the Hours' is more 'grist to Duffy's mill'. By an examination of the mostly previously ignored marginalia, emendations, additions and deletions to copies of Books of Hours, enscribed and printed between the early 13th century and late 16th century, Duffy replies to historians whose theories run counter to his thesis. This he does methodically and presents his interpretation with typical lucidity.
Duffy seems to have written a canon of his very own and for anyone interested in catholicism in reformation England it needs to be read and 'Marking the Hours' is an original contribution to it and also to the understanding of that time in its generality.
A note on the quality of the book build itself: 'Marking the Hours' contains many splendid reproduction of pages from Books of Hours both expensive and hand written and low budget popular imports; all are pertinant to the text and add hugely to the enjoyment of such an essay. It is also printed on sturdy alkaline paper which gives rise to the hope, at least, that it may last as long as the subjects contained therein.
'Marking the Hours' is more 'grist to Duffy's mill'. By an examination of the mostly previously ignored marginalia, emendations, additions and deletions to copies of Books of Hours, enscribed and printed between the early 13th century and late 16th century, Duffy replies to historians whose theories run counter to his thesis. This he does methodically and presents his interpretation with typical lucidity.
Duffy seems to have written a canon of his very own and for anyone interested in catholicism in reformation England it needs to be read and 'Marking the Hours' is an original contribution to it and also to the understanding of that time in its generality.
A note on the quality of the book build itself: 'Marking the Hours' contains many splendid reproduction of pages from Books of Hours both expensive and hand written and low budget popular imports; all are pertinant to the text and add hugely to the enjoyment of such an essay. It is also printed on sturdy alkaline paper which gives rise to the hope, at least, that it may last as long as the subjects contained therein.
25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is meticulously researched and presented with beautiful colour plates on almost every page. Duffy's devotion to his subject is infectious. Here he writes with a simple lightness of touch which makes for easy reading that remains yet scholarly and accessible. This is a beautiful book to own and keep or to give as a gift. Many finely reproduced images are here available and now lend themselves for all time to thoughtful reflection anywhere. This is a quality product and a worthy tribute to the material which was so cherished and lovingly preserved through the ages by so many classes of people even after the reformation.
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