{"product_id":"summer-of-fire-and-blood-the-german-peasants-war-hardcover","title":"Summer of Fire and Blood: The German Peasants' War - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLyndal Roper\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \"extraordinary and brilliant book\" (Helen Castor, author of \u003ci\u003eShe-Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e), a prize-winning historian offers the definitive account of the sixteenth-century uprising that revolutionized Europe\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 well over a hundred thousand 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 proved 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eSummer of Fire and Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, the first history of the German Peasants' War in a generation, historian Lyndal Roper exposes the far-reaching ramifications of this rebellion. Though the war's victors portrayed the uprising as naive and inchoate, Roper reveals a mass movement that sought to make good on the radical potential of the Protestant Reformation. By recovering what the people themselves felt and believed, \u003ci\u003e Summer of Fire and Blood\u003c\/i\u003e reconstructs the thrilling, tragic story of the peasants' fight to change the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLyndal Roper\u003c\/b\u003e is Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford. Her previous books include \u003ci\u003eMartin Luther \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWitch Craze\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a fellow of the British Academy, a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, and a fellow of the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften. She lives in Oxford, South Wales, and Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.9 x 9.6 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 11, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51966690033965,"sku":"9781541647053","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/MMi8nOC1vk9781541647053.webp?v=1775535365","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/summer-of-fire-and-blood-the-german-peasants-war-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}