Books by Lyndal Roper
“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...
The best books on The Holy Roman Empire
Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, Historian
Living I Was Your Plague: Martin Luther's World and Legacy
by Lyndal Roper
"Living I Was Your Plague, O Pope, dead, I will be your death" are the words Martin Luther wrote on the wall, in chalk, the night before he died. They were the epitaph he wanted to be remembered by. This book, by Lyndal Roper, Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford, is based on the Lawrence Stone Lectures delivered at Princeton University. In some ways, the book is a reflection on her biography of Luther, which was shortlisted for the 2017 Wolfson Prize, and has been recommended on Five Books as one of the best books on the Reformation. She further examines his anti-Semitism. It's also about how he shaped his public image, through, for example, his collaboration with the artist Lucas Cranach the Elder, whose distinctive artwork contributed "perhaps more to the Reformation's success than anything apart from Luther's own writings"
“It’s a very rounded, complex and fascinating portrait of Luther, who Roper herself says is a difficult hero.” Read more...
The best books on The Reformation
Peter Marshall, Historian
Interviews where books by Lyndal Roper were recommended
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Christianity In The West 1400-1700
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Salvation at Stake: Christian Martyrdom in Early Modern Europe
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Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet
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The Voices of Morebath: Reformation and Rebellion in an English Village
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For The Sake Of Simple Folk: Popular Propaganda for the German Reformation
by R W Scribner
The best books on The Reformation, recommended by Peter Marshall
The best books on The Reformation, recommended by Peter Marshall
On October 31st 1517, Martin Luther, an unknown friar in an obscure town in eastern Germany may or may not have posted a list of complaints to the door of his local church. His actions would lead to what was later called ‘the Reformation’ — a grisly period in European history that nonetheless paved the way for a more tolerant and pluralistic society. Peter Marshall, one of the period’s leading scholars, talks us through the best books on the Reformation.
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The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe’s History
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Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet
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The Empire's Reformations: Politics and Religion in Germany 1495-1648.
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Europe's Tragedy: A New History of the Thirty Years War
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The Astronomer and the Witch: Johannes Kepler's Fight for his Mother
by Ulinka Rublack
The best books on The Holy Roman Empire, recommended by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger
The best books on The Holy Roman Empire, recommended by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger
The Holy Roman Empire was a loose confederation of heterogeneous states that lasted a thousand years, from 800 to 1806. In the early modern period, it developed some common institutions, but these failed to contain the forces of disunity. Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, a professor of history at the University of Münster, recommends books to learn more about an empire that played a key role in European history but is often absent from national narratives.
