Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet

“Lyndal Roper approaches the man Luther from the perspective of gender history. She is not just a historian of gender, but of the body, and also of witchcraft, as well as the Reformation. So, she has a very original perspective, different from how many church historians would describe Luther and the evangelical movement.” Read more...

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Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, Historian

“Roper gets us round the paradox of Luther, which is that in 1517 he was really just a somewhat earnest Catholic friar protesting against abuses within the system and seeking to reform it—but in no way looking to tear up the entire book. How do we get, within a few years, to an open schism?…It’s a very rounded, complex and fascinating portrait of Luther, who Roper herself says is a difficult hero.” Read more...

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Peter Marshall, Historian