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The war of the poor
- Title
- The war of the poor / Éric Vuillard ; translated from the French by Mark Polizzotti.
- Author
- Vuillard, Éric
- Publication
- New York : Other Press, [2020]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Polizzotti, Mark
- Description
- 79, 17 pages; 20 cm
- Summary
- "From the award-winning author of The Order of the Day, a powerful account of the German Peasants' War (1524-25) that shows striking parallels to class conflicts of our time. In the sixteenth century, the Protestant Reformation launched an attack on privilege and the Catholic Church, but it rapidly became an established, bourgeois authority itself. Rural laborers and the urban poor, who were still being promised equality in heaven, began to question why they shouldn't have equality here and now on earth. There ensued a furious struggle between the powerful--the comfortable Protestants--and the others, the wretched. They were led by a number of theologians, one of whom has left his mark on history through his determination and sheer energy. His name was Thomas Müntzer, and he set Germany on fire. The War of the Poor recounts his story--that of an insurrection through the Word. In his characteristically bold, cinematic style, Éric Vuillard draws insights from this revolt from nearly five hundred years ago, which remains shockingly relevant to the dire inequalities we face today" --
- Uniform Title
- Guerre des pauvres. English
- Alternative Title
- Guerre des pauvres.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Historical fiction.
- Biographical fiction.
- Biographies.
- Contents
- The Story of Thomas Müntzer -- Zwickau -- God and the People Speak the Same Language -- In Bohemia -- The Whole World -- The Word -- The Sermon to the Princes -- The Summer Is Knocking at Our Doors -- The Insurgency of Ordinary Men -- Last Letters -- Words -- The Battle of Frankenhausen -- Müntzer Beheaded.
- Call Number
- JFC 21-171
- ISBN
- 9781635420081
- 1635420083
- LCCN
- 2020029868
- OCLC
- 1164820571
- Author
- Vuillard, Éric, author.
- Title
- The war of the poor / Éric Vuillard ; translated from the French by Mark Polizzotti.
- Publisher
- New York : Other Press, [2020]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Chronological Term
- 1524-1525
- Added Author
- Polizzotti, Mark, translator.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Vuillard, Éric. War of the poor. New York : Other Press, [2020] 9781635420098 (DLC) 2020029869
- Research Call Number
- JFC 21-171