Living I Was Your Plague - Martin Luther''s World and Legacy

Martin Luther was a controversial figure during his lifetime, eliciting strong emotions in friends and enemies alike, and his outsized persona has left an indelible mark on the world today. Living I Was Your Plague explores how Luther carefully crafted his own image and how he has been portrayed in his own times and ours, painting a unique portrait of the man who set in motion a revolution that sundered Western Christendom. Roper shows how Luther's hostility to the papacy was unshaken to the day he died, how his deep-rooted anti-Semitism infused his theology, and how his memorialization has given rise to a remarkable flood of kitsch, from "Here I Stand? socks to Playmobil Luther. Lavishly illustrated, Living I Was Your Plague is a splendid work of cultural history that sheds new light on the complex and enduring legacy of Luther and his image.

About the author

Lyndal Roper is the Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford. Her books include Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet (Random House) and Witch Craze: Terror and Fantasy in Baroque Germany. She lives in Oxford, England.

Summary

From the author of the acclaimed biography Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet, new perspectives on how Luther and others crafted his larger-than-life imageMartin Luther was a controversial figure during his lifetime, eliciting strong emotions in friends and enemies alike, and his outsized persona has left an indelible mark on the world today.

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"Intelligent and absorbing"---Sean Sheehan, The Prisma

Product details

• Authors: Lyndal Roper, Roper Lyndal
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9780691205304
• ISBN: 978-0-691-20530-4
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: The Lawrence Stone Lectures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / History, RELIGION / Christianity / Lutheran, Christianity, Christian theology, History of Religion, Biography: religious & spiritual, Christian leaders & leadership, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Religious and spiritual figures, Biography: religious and spiritual, European history: Reformation, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches, Lutheran Churches