Lyndal Roper

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, desencadeno un proceso que cambio el mundo occidental para siempre. Las ideas de Lutero se extendieron como la polvora. Su ataque a la Iglesia pronto convulsiono Alemania, dividio Europa y polarizo las creencias. Desencadeno decadas de persecucion religiosa, malestar social y guerra. A largo plazo, sus ideas, paradojicamente, ayudaron a romper el dominio de la religion en todos los ambitos de la vida. Pero el hombre que inicio la Reforma fue profundamente defectuoso, fundamentalista religioso, antisemita y politicamente reaccionario. Era un ferviente creyente que vivia atormentado por las dudas, un brillante escritor que dio forma a la lengua alemana y un polemista violento y malhablado. Era un ex-monje casado que libero la sexualidad humana del estigma del pecado, pero al mismo tiempo que insistio en que las mujeres debian mantenerse en un lugar secundario. Esta biografia historica, la primera en muchas decadas, nos ofrece una figura de carne y hueso, con todos sus defectos y revela las fuerzas psicologicas a menudo contradictorias que condujeron a Lutero y cambiaron el curso de la historia, y como un pequeño acto de protesta se convirtio en una lucha que modificaria para siempre la Iglesia y marcaria el comienzo de un nuevo mundo.Reseñas:Un empeño convincente y sugerente por devolverle algo de carne y hueso a este icono estatico. Lyndal Roper es una de las historiadoras mas imaginativas y audaces de su generacion.Alexandra Walsham, The Guardian La biografia de Roper, que se distingue por la excelencia de su escrituray la investigacion, ofrece las bases de la sabiduria en todo lo relacionado con la Reforma.Ian Thomson, The Observer El libro de historia ejemplar: imaginativo aunque empirico, redondo y profundo.Malcolm Gaskill, Financial Times Un libro magnifico.New Statesman Lyndal Roper cuenta con un estupendo estilo narrativo la extraordinaria vida de Lutero. Nos transmite la imagen de un "heroe dificil", poniendo toda su atencion tanto a las luces como a las sombras. Un estudio convincente, accesible y muy bien documentado.Rowan Williams

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

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 deuna pequeña ciudad universitaria el 31 de octubre de 1517, desencadeno un proceso que cambio el mundo occidental para siempre.Las ideas de Lutero se extendieron como la polvora. Su ataque a la Iglesia pronto convulsiono Alemania, dividio Europa y polarizo las creencias. Desencadeno decadas de persecucion religiosa, malestar social yguerra. A largo plazo, sus ideas, paradojicamente, ayudaron a romper el dominio de la religion en todos los ambitos de la vida.Pero el hombre que inicio la Reforma fue profundamente defectuoso, fundamentalista religioso, antisemita y politicamente reaccionario. Era un ferviente creyente que vivia atormentado por las dudas, un brillante escritor que dio forma a la lengua alemana y un polemista violento y malhablado. Era un ex-monje casado que libero la sexualidad humana del estigma del pecado, pero al mismo tiempo que insistio en que las mujeres debian mantenerse en un lugar secundario.Esta biografia historica, la primera en muchas decadas, nos ofrece una figura de carne y hueso, con todos sus defectos y revela las fuerzas psicologicas a menudo contradictorias que condujeron a Lutero y cambiaron el curso de la historia, y como un pequeño acto de protesta se convirtio en una lucha que modificaria para siempre la Iglesia y marcaria el comienzo de un nuevo mundo.Reseñas:Un empeño convincente y sugerente por devolverle algo de carne y huesoa este icono estatico. Lyndal Roper es una de las historiadoras mas imaginativas y audaces de su generacion.Alexandra Walsham,The GuardianLa biografia de Roper, que se distingue por la excelencia de su escrituray la investigacion, ofrece las bases de la sabiduria en todo lo relacionado con la Reforma.Ian Thomson,The ObserverEl libro de historia ejemplar: imaginativo aunque empirico, redondo y profundo.Malcolm Gaskill,Financial TimesUn libro magnifico.New StatesmanLyndal Roper cuenta con un estupendo estilo narrativo la extraordinaria vida de Lutero. Nos transmite la imagen de un "heroe dificil", poniendo todasu atencion tanto a las luces como a las sombras. Un estudio convincente, accesible y muy bien documentado.Rowan Williams

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE 2017A magnificent study of one of historys 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 Luthers ideas had spread like wildfire. His attempts to reform Christianity by returning it to its biblical roots split the Western Church, divided Europe and polarised peoples beliefs, leading to religious persecution, social unrest and war; and in the long run his ideas would help break the grip of religion on every sphere of life.Yet Luther was a deeply flawed human being: a fervent believer tormented by spiritual doubts; a prolific writer whose translation of the Bible would shape the German language yet whose attacks on his opponents were vicious and foul-mouthed; a married ex-monk who liberated human sexuality from the stigma of sin but who insisted that women should know their place; a religious fundamentalist, Jew-hater and political reactionary who called for the private and public murder of the peasants who had risen against their lords in response to his teaching. And perhaps surprisingly, the man who helped create in the modern world was not modern himself: for him the devil was not a figure of speech but a real, physical presence.As an acclaimed historian, Lyndal Roper explains how Luthers impact can only be understood against the background of the times. As a brilliant biographer, she gives us the flesh-and-blood figure. She reveals the often contradictory psychological forces that drove Luther forward and the dynamics they unleashed, which turned a small act of protest into a battle against the power of the Church.A New Statesman, Spectator, History Today, Guardian and Sunday Times Book of the Year

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 JournalPenetrating.The New York Times Book ReviewSmart, accessible, authoritative.Hilary Mantel On October 31, 1517, so the story goes, a shy monk named Martin Luther nailed a piece of paper to the door of the Castle Church in the university town of Wittenberg. The ideas contained in these Ninety-five Theses, which boldly challenged the Catholic Church, spread like wildfire. Within two months, they were known all over Germany. So powerful were Martin Luthers broadsides against papal authority that they polarized a continent and tore apart the very foundation of Western Christendom. Luthers ideas inspired upheavals whose consequences we live with today. But who was the man behind the Ninety-five Theses? Lyndal Ropers magisterial new biography goes beyond Luthers theology to investigate the inner life of the religious reformer who has been called the last medieval man and the first modern one. Here is a full-blooded portrait of a revolutionary thinker who was, at his core, deeply flawed and full of contradictions. Luther was a brilliant writer whose biblical translations had a lasting impact on the German language. Yet he was also a strident fundamentalist whose scathing rhetorical attacks threatened to alienate those he might persuade. He had a colorful, even impish personality, and when he left the monastery to get married (to spite the Devil, he explained), he wooed and wed an ex-nun. But he had an ugly side too. When German peasants rose up against the nobility, Luther urged the aristocracy to slaughter them. He was a ferocious anti-Semite and a virulent misogynist, even as he argued for liberated human sexuality within marriage. A distinguished historian of early modern Europe, Lyndal Roper looks deep inside the heart of this singularly complex figure. The force of Luthers personality, she argues, had enormous historical effectsboth good and ill. By bringing us closer than ever to the man himself, she opens up a new vision of the Reformation and the world it created and draws a fully three-dimensional portrait of its founder.

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 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, Ropers 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.

A biografia definitiva de Martinho Lutero. Historiadora renomada, Lyndal Roper nos apresenta uma nova viso 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 universitaria, 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 a igreja logo convulsionou a Alemanha, dividiu a Europa e polarizou as crenças, desencadeando perseguiçes religiosas, agitaço social e guerra. A longo prazo, suas ideias, paradoxalmente, ajudaram a romper o dominio da religio em todos os ambitos da vida. No entanto, o homem que iniciou a Reforma era cheio de falhas, um fundamentalista religioso, antissemita e politicamente reacionario. Crente fervoroso, atormentado pelas duvidas e polemista cruel, Lutero libertou a sexualidade humana do estigma do pecado, mas, ao mesmo tempo, insistiu que as mulheres permanecessem em um lugar secundario. Lyndal Roper nos apresenta uma figura de carne e osso, com todas as suas nuances, e revela como um pequeno ato de protesto se converteu em uma luta que transformaria para sempre a igreja e marcaria o começo de um novo mundo."Intenso." The New York Times Book Review"A biografia de Roper, que se distingue por sua escrita e pesquisa excelentes, oferece as bases de tudo que se refere a Reforma." The Observer"Um livro de historia exemplar." Financial Times"Uma tentativa convincente e provocativa de devolver um pouco de carne e osso a este icone estatico. Lyndal Roper e uma das historiadoras mais criativas e audazes da sua geraço." The Guardian

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, desencadeno un proceso que cambio el mundo occidental para siempre.Las ideas de Lutero se extendieron como la polvora. Su ataque a la Iglesia pronto convulsiono Alemania, dividio Europa y polarizo las creencias. Desencadeno decadas de persecucion religiosa, malestar social y guerra. A largo plazo, sus ideas, paradojicamente, ayudaron a romper el dominio de la religion en todos los ambitos de la vida.Pero el hombre que inicio la Reforma fue profundamente defectuoso, fundamentalista religioso, antisemita y politicamente reaccionario. Era un ferviente creyente que vivia atormentado por las dudas, un brillante escritor que dio forma a la lengua alemana y un polemista violento y malhablado. Era un ex-monje casado que libero la sexualidad humana del estigma del pecado, pero al mismo tiempo que insistio en que las mujeres debian mantenerse en un lugar secundario.Esta biografia historica, la primera en muchas decadas, nos ofrece una figura de carne y hueso, con todos sus defectos y revela las fuerzas psicologicas a menudo contradictorias que condujeron a Lutero y cambiaron el curso de la historia, y como un pequeño acto de protesta se convirtio en una lucha que modificaria para siempre la Iglesia y marcaria el comienzo de un nuevo mundo.Reseñas: Un empeño convincente y sugerente por devolverle algo de carne y hueso a este icono estatico. Lyndal Roper es una de las historiadoras mas imaginativas y audaces de su generacion. Alexandra Walsham, The GuardianLa biografia de Roper, que se distingue por la excelencia de su escritura y la investigacion, ofrece las bases de la sabiduria en todo lo relacionado con la Reforma. Ian Thomson, The ObserverEl libro de historia ejemplar: imaginativo aunque empirico, redondo y profundo. Malcolm Gaskill, Financial TimesUn libro magnifico.New StatesmanLyndal Roper cuenta con un estupendo estilo narrativo la extraordinaria vida de Lutero. Nos transmite la imagen de un "heroe dificil", poniendo toda su atencion tanto a las luces como a las sombras. Un estudio convincente, accesible y muy bien documentado. Rowan Williams