By Fire (eBook)

The Jakob Hutter Story

Jason Landsel (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
176 Seiten
Plough Publishing House (Verlag)
9781636081458 (ISBN)

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A graphic novel dramatizes a true story of a corrupt ruler, a courageous resister, a daring alpine escape, a refugee love story, a reckless return, a jealous traitor, and a martyr burned alive at the stake.King Ferdinand, who will later become Holy Roman Emperor, orders the eradication of all heretics in Tyrol, and especially their leader, Jakob Hutter. Like other Anabaptists, Hutter has rejected armed revolt and embraced nonviolence. What if instead of overthrowing oppressive rulers, he asks, we create a peaceful and just alternative society ourselves?Driven into hiding and eventually forced to flee through the mountains into Moravia, Hutter realizes his dream and finds love. But persecution follows him. Despite death warrants, he and his pregnant wife, Katharina, return to Tyrol to support the underground movement there. They are betrayed by a friend turned informant and captured along with their baby. Jakob is burned at the stake in the town square of Innsbruck. Katharina escapes but soon meets a similar fate.Their story comes to life in this graphic novel, the second in a series that dramatically recreates a little-known chapter in the history of the Reformation. These radicals, labeled Anabaptists by their enemies, were ready to die for their vision. They were executed by thousands by water, by fire, and by sword in both Catholic and Protestant lands. This action-packed account of young people daring to standing up for their convictions will appeal to todays nonconformists.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.1.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Heroes of the Radical Reformation
• Illustrationen: Sankha Banerjee
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Cartoon / Graphic Novel
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga ► Comic
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Sachbücher ► Geschichte / Politik
• Schlagworte: Anabaptist • Artistic • corrupt ruler • Family • Ferdinand I • graphic biography • Graphic Novel • historical graphic novel • Holy Roman Emperor • Holy Roman Empire • hutterites • illustrative • Jakob Hutter • Katharina Hutter • Love Story • martyr • Moravia • narrative • Nonconformists • Paintings • Radical Reformation • Refugee • religious persecution • resistance • Traitor • Tyrol
• ISBN-13: 9781636081458 / 9781636081458