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The War of the Poor / Éric Vuillard ; translated from the French by Mark Polizzotti.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: New York : Other Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 79, 17 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781635420081
  • 1635420083
Uniform titles:
  • Guerre des pauvres. English
Subject(s):
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.
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"--Provided by publisher
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 843.914 V988 Available 33111010439020
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

International Booker Prize Finalist
The Spectator (UK): Best Book of the Year

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.

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.

"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"--Provided by publisher

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