{"product_id":"summer-of-fire-and-blood-the-german-peasants-war","title":"Summer of Fire and Blood: The German Peasants' War","description":"Winner of the Cundill Prize\n\nFrom a prize-winning historian, the definitive account of the sixteenth-century uprising that revolutionized Europe\n\n“A balanced, comprehensive survey of the uprising, gripping in its narrative and perceptive in its assessments, making it easily the most accessible study in English for a general readership.” ―Financial Times\n\nA Financial Times Best Book of the Year\n\nThe German Peasants’ War was the greatest popular uprising in Western Europe before the French Revolution. In 1524 and 1525, it swept across Germany with astonishing speed as well over a hundred thousand people massed in armed bands to demand a new and more egalitarian order. The peasants took control of vast areas of southern and middle Germany, torching and plundering the monasteries, convents, and castles that stood in their way. But they proved no match for the forces of the lords, who put down the revolt by slaying somewhere between seventy and a hundred thousand peasants in just over two months.\n\nIn Summer of Fire and Blood, the first history of the German Peasants’ War in a generation, historian Lyndal Roper exposes the far-reaching ramifications of this rebellion. Though the war’s victors portrayed the uprising as naive and inchoate, Roper reveals a mass movement that sought to make good on the radical potential of the Protestant Reformation. By recovering what the people themselves felt and believed, Summer of Fire and Blood reconstructs the thrilling, tragic story of the peasants’ fight to change the world.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 154164705X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.154164705X.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Roper, Lyndal\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43331293413437,"sku":"BVV.154164705X.G","price":15.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/154164705X-0.jpg?v=1783544072","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/summer-of-fire-and-blood-the-german-peasants-war","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}