Martin Luther - Lyndal Roper
Renegade and Prophet
KORTE INHOUD
When Martin Luther nailed a sheet of paper to the church door of a small university town on 31 October 1517, he set off a process that changed the Western world for ever.
Luther's ideas spread like wildfire. His attack on the Church soon convulsed Germany, divided Europe and polarised people's beliefs. They triggered decades of religious persecution, social unrest and war. And in the long run, his ideas paradoxically helped break the grip of religion in every sphere of life.
But the man who started the Reformation was deeply flawed. He was a religious fundamentalist, a Jew-hater and a political reactionary. He was a fervent believer who was tormented by doubt, a brilliant writer who shaped the German language and a vicious and foul-mouthed polemicist. He was a married ex-monk who liberated human sexuality from the stigma of sin, but also a man who insisted that women should know their place. For him the Devil was not just a figure of speech but a very real and physical presence.
In this first historical biograph...
Luther's ideas spread like wildfire. His attack on the Church soon convulsed Germany, divided Europe and polarised people's beliefs. They triggered decades of religious persecution, social unrest and war. And in the long run, his ideas paradoxically helped break the grip of religion in every sphere of life.
But the man who started the Reformation was deeply flawed. He was a religious fundamentalist, a Jew-hater and a political reactionary. He was a fervent believer who was tormented by doubt, a brilliant writer who shaped the German language and a vicious and foul-mouthed polemicist. He was a married ex-monk who liberated human sexuality from the stigma of sin, but also a man who insisted that women should know their place. For him the Devil was not just a figure of speech but a very real and physical presence.
In this first historical biograph...
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2016Uitgever: Ballantine Books592 paginasTaal: EngelsGrootte: 240x162ISBN-10: 1847920047ISBN-13: 9781847920041Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Bound, hardcover with original dustjacket, xiii+577pp., 16.5x24.5cm., illustr. in col. and b/w., in very good condition. ISBN 9781847920041.
London, The Bodley Head, 2016.
The first historical biography, for many decades, of Martin Luther (1483-1546), the rebellious monk who ushered in the modern world. When on October 31, 1517 an unknown monk nailed a theological pamphlet to the church door in a small university town, he set in motion a process that helped usher in the modern world. Within a few years Lut...
London, The Bodley Head, 2016.
The first historical biography, for many decades, of Martin Luther (1483-1546), the rebellious monk who ushered in the modern world. When on October 31, 1517 an unknown monk nailed a theological pamphlet to the church door in a small university town, he set in motion a process that helped usher in the modern world. Within a few years Lut...
