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Lyndal Roper - Summer of Fire and Blood, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

Summer of Fire and Blood

The German Peasants' War

Av Lyndal Roper

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The definitive history of the sixteenth-century uprising that revolutionized Europe.The German Peasants' War was the greatest popular uprising in Western Europe before the French Revolution. In 1524 and 1525, it swept across Germany with astonishing speed as thousands of people massed in armed bands to demand a new and more egalitarian order. The peasants took control of vast areas of southern and middle Germany, torching and plundering the monasteries, convents, and castles that stood in their way. But they would prove no match for the forces of the lords, who put down the revolt by slaying somewhere between seventy and a hundred thousand peasants in just over two months.In Summer of Fire and Blood, the first history of the German Peasants' War in a generation, leading historian Lyndal Roper uncovers the far-reaching ramifications of this doomed rebellion. Though the victors portrayed the uprising as naive and chaotic, Roper's deeply researched account reveals instead a coherent mass movement inspired by the radical principles of the Protestant Reformation. Told through the voices of and beliefs of the people themselves, this is the thrilling, tragic story of the peasants' fight to change the world.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2026-05-21
  • Mått: 193 x 50 x 145 mm
  • Vikt: 640 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 544
  • Förlag: John Murray Press
  • ISBN: 9781399818056
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Lyndal Roper is Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford. Her previous books include Martin Luther and Witch Craze. She is a fellow of the British Academy, a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, and a fellow of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften. She lives in Oxford, South Wales, and Berlin.

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A riveting account of a seismic event in German history which conveys a real sense of why so many ordinary people thought they could change the world. Lyndal Roper writes beautifully and displays a compassionate understanding for the protagonists on both sides of this complex and bloody struggle

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1 recensioner, genomsnitt 5/5

  1. 5/5 Bo H

    Mycket bra, grundlig och intressant. Visar tydigt hur den "vita" terrorn, här adelmännens och prinsarnas kontrarevolution alltid är så mycket väldsammare och mera hatisk än den "röda", dvs i det här fallet bondemassornas uppror för att upp bättre villkor. Framgår också tydligt hur avskydda klostrens rikedomar och makt var.
    Saknar dock detaljerade kartor på olika regioners rörelser, förstörda slott och kloster.

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