Martin Luther: Rebel in an Age of Upheaval

No other German has shaped the history of early-modern Europe more than Martin Luther.

In this comprehensive and balanced biography we see Luther as a rebel, but not as a lone hero; as a soldier in a mighty struggle for the universal reform of Christianity and its role in the world. The foundation of Protestantism changed the religious landscape of Europe, and subsequently the world, but the author chooses to show Luther not simply as a reformer, but as an individual.

In his study of the Wittenberg monk, Heinz Schilling - one of Germany's leading social and political historians - gives the reader a rounded view of a difficult, contradictory character, who changed the world by virtue of his immense will.

Author: Heinz Schilling,Rona Johnston Gordon
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 07/01/2017
Pages: 632
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.11lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.10w x 2.20d
ISBN: 9780198722816

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/15/2017 pg. 86
Publishers Weekly 05/08/2017 pg. 55
Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2017

About the Author
Heinz Schilling was Professor of Early Modern History at the Humboldt University, Berlin until his retirement in 2010. His main areas of research are in early modern European history, including studies in religion, politics, migration studies, foreign policy, and social and cultural history.

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