Eamon Duffy

February 9, 1947

Dundalk, Louth, Ireland

Professor Eamon Duffy is Emeritus Professor of the History of Christianity at the University of Cambridge. He previously held chairs at King's College, London and at the University of Birmingham. He's also a Fellow and former President of Magdalene College. He is a frequent broadcaster on radio and television. Duffy holds honorary doctorates and awards from many universities in Britain and North America. Being a religious historian Eamon Duffy, a fellow at Magdalene College, Cambridge, specializes in the history of the Roman Catholic Church in England. His first book, which he edited, was a collection of essays from various scholars on the life and legacy of Bishop Richard Challoner, who died in 1781 after leading the English Catholic Church for over fifty years. Challoner and His Church (1981), according to a British Book News critic, was welcome for its accessibility. The critic noted that “some aspects of Challoner’s life can be seen in sharper focus.” The reviewer appreciated the fresh outlook and technical expertise of the historians whose work Duffy had gathered in the volume. Professor Duffy's research and teaching interests centre on the history of late medieval and early-modern popular religious belief and practice, on Christian art and material culture, on the history of the English Roman Catholic community, and on the history of the papacy.

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What Catholics Believe About Mary

1989

The Creed in the Catechism

1996

Medieval Theology and the Natural Body

(The attitudes towards the human body held by different br...)

1997

The Voices of Morebath: Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village

(In the fifty years between 1530 and 1580, England moved f...)

2003

The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580

(This prize-winning account of the pre-Reformation church ...)

2005

The Creed in the Catechism

(Eamon Duffy explores the first and longest section of the...)

2005

Faith of Our Fathers

('The richness of the Church's past is a liberation, not a...)

2006

Walking to Emmaus

(Professor Eamon Duffy is by any reckoning a scholar of th...)

2006

Marking the Hours: English People and Their Prayers, 1240-1570

(In this richly illustrated book, religious historian Eamo...)

2007

Fires of Faith: Catholic England under Mary Tudor

(The reign of Mary Tudor has been remembered as an era of ...)

2009

Humanism, Reform and the Reformation: The Career of Bishop John Fisher

(This book assembles ten special studies, each devoted to ...)

2009

Ten Popes Who Shook the World

(The Bishops of Rome have been Christianity's most powerfu...)

2011

Saints, Sacrilege and Sedition: Religion and Conflict in the Tudor Reformations

(In this wide-ranging book, Professor Eamon Duffy explores...)

2012

The Heart in Pilgrimage: A Prayerbook for Catholic Christians

(This intelligent and richly resourced collection, drawn t...)

2014

Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes

(This engrossing book encompasses the extraordinary histor...)

2015

The Church of Mary Tudor

(The reign of Queen Mary is popularly remembered largely f...)

2016

Reformation Divided: Catholics, Protestants and the Conversion of England

(Published to mark the 500th anniversary of the events of ...)

2017

Royal Books and Holy Bones: Essays in Medieval Christianity

(In these vivid and approachable essays Eamon Duffy engage...)

2018

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Background

Eamon Duffy was born on February 9, 1947 in Dundalk, Louth, Ireland.

Education

Eamon Duffy was educated at St Philip's School. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Hull in 1968. He became Doctor of Philosophy at Selwyn College in 1972. He undertook Doctor of Divinity studies at the University of Cambridge, where his doctoral advisers were Owen Chadwick and Gordon Rupp.

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Education period of Eamon Duffy in University of Cambridge

Education period of Eamon Duffy in University of Hull

Education period of Eamon Duffy in Selwyn College

Career

Professor Eamon Duffy is Emeritus Professor of the History of Christianity at the University of Cambridge. He previously held chairs at King's College, London and at the University of Birmingham. He's also a Fellow and former President of Magdalene College. He is a frequent broadcaster on radio and television.

Duffy holds honorary doctorates and awards from many universities in Britain and North America.

Being a religious historian Eamon Duffy, a fellow at Magdalene College, Cambridge, specializes in the history of the Roman Catholic Church in England. His first book, which he edited, was a collection of essays from various scholars on the life and legacy of Bishop Richard Challoner, who died in 1781 after leading the English Catholic Church for over fifty years. Challoner and His Church (1981), according to a British Book News critic, was welcome for its accessibility. The critic noted that “some aspects of Challoner’s life can be seen in sharper focus.” The reviewer appreciated the fresh outlook and technical expertise of the historians whose work Duffy had gathered in the volume.

Professor Duffy's research and teaching interests centre on the history of late medieval and early-modern popular religious belief and practice, on Christian art and material culture, on the history of the English Roman Catholic community, and on the history of the papacy.

Achievements

Eamon Duffy managed to achieve international recognition as a historian of Christianity and a reliable scholar. He holds honorary doctorates and awards from many universities in Britain and North America.