- Eamon Duffy
Eamon Duffy is an Irish Professor of the History of Christianity at the
University of Cambridge , and former President of Magdalene College.He describes himself as a "cradle Catholic" and specializes in 15th to 17th century religious history of Britain. 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. On weekdays from 22nd October to 2nd November 2007, he presented the BBC Radio 4 series "10 Popes Who Shook the World" [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/tenpopeswhoshooktheworld/] - 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.
Books
* "Humanism, Reform and the Reformation: The Career of Bishop John Fisher" (1989), with
Brendan Bradshaw
*"The Stripping of the Altars : Traditional Religion in England, c.1400 to c.1580" (1994)
* "Saints & Sinners: A History of the Popes" (1997)
* "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)External links
* [http://www.divinity.cam.ac.uk/faculty/duffy.html Duffy's faculty page]
* [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/pope/interviews/duffy.html PBS interview with Duffy]
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