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, a...

From “one of the best of the new [Martin Luther] biographers” (The New Yorker), a portrait of the complicated founding father of the Protestant Reformation, whose intellectual assault on Catholicism transformed Christianity and changed the course of world history.“Magnificent.”—The Wall Street Journal“Penetrating.”—The New York Times Book Review“Smart, accessible, authoritative.”—Hil...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2017SHORTLISTED FOR THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE 2017'A magnificent study of one of history's most compelling and divisive figures' Richard J. EvansWhen Martin Luther nailed a sheet of paper to the church door of a small university town in 1517, he set off a process that changed the Western world for ever.Within a few years Luther’s ideas had spread l...

En el V centenario de la Reforma, Taurus publica la biografía definitiva de Martin Lutero.Cuando Martín Lutero clavó una hoja de papel a la puerta de la iglesia de una pequeña ciudad universitaria el 31 de octubre de 1517, desencadenó un proceso que cambió el mundo occidental para siempre.Las ideas de Lutero se extendieron como la pólvora. Su ataque a la Iglesia pronto convulsionó Alemania, dividió Europa y polarizó las creencias. Desencadenó décadas de per...

From the author of the acclaimed biography Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet, new perspectives on how Luther and others crafted his larger-than-life imageMartin Luther was a controversial figure during his lifetime, eliciting strong emotions in friends and enemies alike, and his outsized persona has left an indelible mark on the world today. Living I Was Your Plague explores how Luther carefully crafted his own image and how he has been portraye...

From the gruesome ogress in Hansel and Gretel to the hags at the sabbath in Faust, the witch has been a powerful figure of the Western imagination. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries thousands of women confessed to being witches-of making pacts with the Devil, causing babies to sicken, and killing animals and crops-and were put to death. This book is a gripping account of the pursuit, interrogation, torture, and burning of witches during this period and beyond.

A biografia definitiva de Martinho Lutero. Historiadora renomada, Lyndal Roper nos apresenta uma nova visão da Reforma e do mundo que ela criou, e desenha um retrato multifacetado de seu fundador.Quando Martinho Lutero pregou uma folha de papel na porta da igreja de uma pequena cidade universitária, no dia 31 de outubro de 1517, iniciou-se um processo que mudaria para sempre o mundo ocidental.As ideias de Lutero se propagaram rapidamente. Seu ataque à igreja...

In an exciting new approach to witchcraft studies, The Witch in the Western Imagination examines the visual representation of witches in early modern Europe. With vibrant and lucid prose, Lyndal Roper moves away from the typical witchcraft studies on trials, beliefs, and communal dynamics and instead considers the witch as a symbolic and malleable figure through a broad sweep of topics and time periods.Employing a wide selection of archival, literary, and visual materials,...

This bold and imaginative book marks out a different route towards understanding the body, and its relationship to culture and subjectivity. Amongst other subjects, Lyndal Roper deals with the nature of masculinity and feminity.

WINNER OF THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2025A FINANCIAL TIMES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE AND HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEARThe 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...

From the author of the acclaimed biography Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet, new perspectives on how Luther and others crafted his larger-than-life imageMartin Luther was a controversial figure during his lifetime, eliciting strong emotions in friends and enemies alike, and his outsized persona has left an indelible mark on the world today. Living I Was Your Plague explores how Luther carefully crafted his own image and how he has been portraye...