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Eamon Duffy
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Duffy in 2010
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| Born | 9 February 1947 Dundalk, Ireland
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| Nationality | Irish |
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Notable work
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The Stripping of the Altars (1992) The Voices of Morebath (2001) |
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| Institutions | Magdalene College, Cambridge |
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| Doctoral students | Paul C. H. Lim |
Eamon Duffy (born in 1947) is a well-known Irish historian. He is a retired professor of the History of Christianity at the University of Cambridge in England. He is also a special member and former leader of Magdalene College at Cambridge.
Early Life and Education
Eamon Duffy was born on February 9, 1947, in Dundalk, Ireland. He grew up in a Catholic family. He went to St Philip's School and then studied at the University of Hull. Later, he did more research at the University of Cambridge. His teachers there were Owen Chadwick and Gordon Rupp.
What He Studies
Professor Duffy is an expert in the religious history of Britain from the 1400s to the 1600s. He used to be a member of the Pontifical Historical Commission, which is a group that studies the history of the Catholic Church.
His work has changed how many people think about the Catholic Church in England during the late Middle Ages. Before his research, many thought the Church was weak then. But Professor Duffy showed it was actually a very active and important part of culture.
From 2007, he hosted a BBC Radio 4 series called 10 Popes Who Shook the World. This series talked about important popes like Peter, Leo I, Gregory I, and John Paul II.
In 1979, Duffy started working at Magdalene College at the University of Cambridge. He became a professor of the history of Christianity in 2003 and retired in 2014. Since then, he has been an emeritus professor, meaning he is retired but still connected to the university. In 2004, he became a member of the British Academy, a group that honors top scholars.
Awards and Honors
Eamon Duffy has received many awards for his historical work:
- Longman–History Today Award for book of the year (1994) for The Stripping of the Altars.
- Hawthornden Prize for Literature (2002) for The Voices of Morebath.
- He was made an honorary member of St Mary's College, Twickenham in 2003. (He later left this position because he disagreed with some decisions made by the college's leader.)
- He was the President of the Ecclesiastical History Society from 2004 to 2005.
- He has received special honorary degrees from universities like Durham, Hull, and King's College London.
- He became an honorary member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2012.
- He was named an Honorary Canon at Ely Cathedral in 2014.
His Books
Professor Duffy has written many books about history. Here are some of his most well-known ones:
- Humanism, Reform and the Reformation: The Career of Bishop John Fisher (1989) (He helped edit this book).
- The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England 1400 to 1580 (1992). This book is very famous and has been printed many times.
- The Voices of Morebath: Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village (2001).
- Faith of Our Fathers: Reflections on Catholic Tradition (2004).
- Walking to Emmaus (2006).
- Marking the Hours: English People and their Prayers 1240–1570 (2006).
- Fires of Faith: Catholic England Under Mary Tudor (2009).
- Ten Popes Who Shook the World (2011).
- Saints, Sacrilege and Sedition: Religion and Conflict in the Tudor Reformations (2012).
- Reformation Divided: Catholics, Protestants, and the Conversion of England (2017).
- Royal Books and Holy Bones: Essays in Medieval Christianity (2018).
- John Henry Newman: A Very Brief History (2019).
- A People's Tragedy: Studies in Reformation (2020).
