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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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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
  • Münzer, Thomas, approximately 1490-1525
  • 1524-1525
  • Peasants' War, 1524-1525
  • Reformation > Germany > Biography
  • FICTION > General
  • Reformation
  • Germany
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
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