Dreadful History and Judgement of God on Thomas Muntzer - The Life and Times of an Early German Revolutionary

How did the son of a coin-maker from central Germany, Thomas Muentzer, rise in just a few short years to become one of the most feared revolutionaries in early modern Europe? Andrew Drummond charts the life and times of the man Martin Luther denounced as a 'Ravening Wolf' and 'False Prophet'. Far from the bloodthirsty devil of legend, he was a man of considerable learning and principle, deeply sympathetic to the misery of the peasantry and the poor.

About the author

Andrew Drummond is a historian, novelist and translator based in Edinburgh. He is the author of four novels and, more recently, a biography of the eighteenth-century adventurer Maurice Benyovszky, as well as an account of attempts to extend rail connections to the north-west Highlands of Scotland.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Drummond
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2025
• EAN: 9781839768958
• ISBN: 978-1-83976-895-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Germany, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Revolutionary groups & movements, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance, Revolutionary groups and movements, Calvinist, Reformed & Presbyterian Churches, Calvinist, Reformed and Presbyterian Churches