Verlag: Penguin Random House, 2017
ISBN 10: 0812996194 ISBN 13: 9780812996197
Anbieter: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, USA
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Verlag: Random House Trade Paperbacks (edition NO-VALUE), 2018
ISBN 10: 0812986059 ISBN 13: 9780812986051
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Verlag: Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2016
ISBN 10: 1847920047 ISBN 13: 9781847920041
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2017 Selected as a Book of the Year by the New Statesman, Spectator, History Today, Guardian and Sunday Times 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. Luthers ideas spread like wildfire. His attack on the Church soon convulsed Germany, divided Europe and polarised peoples 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 biography for many decades, distinguished historian Lyndal Roper gives us a flesh-and-blood figure, warts and all. She reveals the often contradictory psychological forces that drove Luther forward insecurity and self-righteousness, anger and humility and the dynamics they unleashed which turned a small act of protest into a battle against the power of the Church. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Random House, 2017
ISBN 10: 0812996194 ISBN 13: 9780812996197
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Verlag: Random House, 2017
ISBN 10: 0812996194 ISBN 13: 9780812996197
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Verlag: Random House, 2017
ISBN 10: 0812996194 ISBN 13: 9780812996197
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Zustand: Used - Very Good. 2017. Hardcover. Very Good.
Verlag: Vintage, 2017
ISBN 10: 1784703443 ISBN 13: 9781784703448
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Paperback. Zustand: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Verlag: Vintage, 2017
ISBN 10: 1784703443 ISBN 13: 9781784703448
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Paperback. Zustand: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.
Verlag: Vintage, 2017
ISBN 10: 1784703443 ISBN 13: 9781784703448
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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Verlag: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2018
ISBN 10: 0812986059 ISBN 13: 9780812986051
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Paperback. Zustand: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.
ISBN 10: 0812998936 ISBN 13: 9780812998931
Anbieter: Kloof Booksellers & Scientia Verlag, Amsterdam, Niederlande
Zustand: as new. New York : Random House Publishing Group, 2017. Hardcover. Dustjacket. xxxiii, 540 pp., plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm - 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 Luther's broadsides against papal authority that they polarized a continent and tore apart the very foundation of Western Christendom. But who was the man behind the Ninety-five Theses? Lyndal Roper's biography goes beyond Luther's 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 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. By bringing us closer than ever to the man himself, Roper opens up a new vision of the Reformation and the world it created and draws a fully three-dimensional portrait of its founder. Condition : as new copy. ISBN 9780812998931. Keywords : LITERARY CRITICISM, Luther, Martin (1483-1546).
Verlag: London, The Bodley Head s.d.
Anbieter: Antiquariaat Pieter Judo (De Lezenaar), Hasselt, Belgien
Verbandsmitglied: ILAB
xiii + 577pp. with 75 bl/w ills. and some colour illustrations, publisher's hardcover, dustwrapper, very good condition, ISBN 978-1-847-92004-1, R101222.
Verlag: Ffm.: S. Fischer, 2016, 2016
Anbieter: Antiquariat Lengelsen, Werdohl, Deutschland
Hardcover m. farb. ill. Osu. 730 S. Mit 74 s/w Text- u. einigen farb. Tafelabb. Außerdem Anm., Bibliographie u. Register. (Neuwertig).
Verlag: Random House Publishing Group Apr 2018, 2018
ISBN 10: 0812986059 ISBN 13: 9780812986051
Anbieter: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Deutschland
Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 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 Journal 'Penetrating.'-The New York Times Book Review 'Smart, 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 Luther's broadsides against papal authority that they polarized a continent and tore apart the very foundation of Western Christendom. Luther's ideas inspired upheavals whose consequences we live with today. But who was the man behind the Ninety-five Theses Lyndal Roper's magisterial new biography goes beyond Luther's 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 Luther's personality, she argues, had enormous historical effects-both 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.
Verlag: Random House Publishing Group, 2018
ISBN 10: 0812986059 ISBN 13: 9780812986051
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
Zustand: New. Lyndal Roper is the first woman to hold the prestigious Regius Chair at Oxford University. She is one of the most respected scholars of early modern history on both sides of the Atlantic. She is the winner of the Gerda Henkel Prize (2016), and her pr.