Renegade (eBook)

Martin Luther, The Graphic Biography

Dacia Palmerino (Text von)

Andrea Grosso Ciponte (Künstler)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
160 Seiten
Plough Publishing House (Verlag)
978-0-87486-208-9 (ISBN)

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The life of reformer Martin Luther in the graphic novel format

Gold Medal Winner, 2018 IPPY Book of the Year Award, Independent Publishers
Gold Medal Winner, 2017 Indies Awards, Foreword Reviews Magazine

Intriguing and informative.” --Library Journal, Starred Review

Five hundred years ago a brash young monk single-handedly confronted the most powerful institutions of his day. His bold stand sparked the Protestant Reformation and marked one of the great turning points in history.

Martin Luther, a spiritual and historical giant, is loved and hated to this day—and for good reason. The anniversary of the revolution he helped start has produced a spate of doorstop-sized biographies. Luckily, today there exists a more accessible format that does justice to such a colorful, complex character and his tumultuous life and times – the graphic novel.

In a world of grinding poverty, plague, and religious superstitions, a child of laborers distinguishes himself at university – until a lightning-bolt conversion lands him in a monastery. There his personal battles with disillusionment and doubt culminate in a cry for freedom. The rest is the stuff of history and legend: Luther’s revolt against Rome with the nailing of ninety-five theses to the church door in Wittenberg; his time spent incognito at Wartburg Castle, where he famously throws an inkpot at the devil; his seditious translation and publication of the Bible in the language of the people; his scandalous marriage to former nun Katharina von Bora; and, in later years, his ugly tirades against peasants, Anabaptists, and Jews.

Each chapter of Luther’s life comes vividly to life thanks to cutting-edge graphic techniques, meticulous historical research, and compelling writing. This could be the biggest breakthrough for Martin Luther since the Gutenberg press.

With its splendid color and unvarnished narrative, this is surely the most successful graphic biography ever. --Georg Howahl, WAZ

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.10.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Schlagworte: 30 Years War • 500th anniversary • 500th anniversary of the reformation • 5 solas • accessible • Albert of Brandenburg • a life of Martin Luther • Anabaptists • Andrew Pettegree • Anti-Semitism • Artistic • Augsburg Confession • Bible translation • Biography • brand luther • Catholic • Catholic Church • Christianity • controversial figure • Conversion • Educational • Eric Metaxas • Florian Geyer • German Bible translator • graphic biography • Graphic Novel • Gutenberg • here I stand • Heretics • Historical • Indulgences • inkpot • Jakob Fugger • Jews • Johann Eck • Johannes Eck • Johannes von Staupitz • Johann Tetzel • Junker Jörg • Katharina von Bora • Leader • Lucas Cranach the Elde • Lutheran Church • luther and the reformation • Lyndal Roper • Martin Luther • Martin Luther biography • Martin Marty • Melanchthon • Metaxas • Metaxas Martin Luther • Monastery • Monk • ninety-five theses • Nonfiction • nonfiction graphic novel • October 31, 1517 • peasant’s revolt • Peasants War • Philip Melanchthon • Plague • Pope • Pope Leo X • Poverty • Prophet • Protestant • Protestant Reformation • Reformation • Reformer • religious figure • renegade and prophet • Roland Bainton • Scott Hendrix • Sola Fide • Sola Gratia • Sola Scriptura • Soli Deo Gloria • solus Christus • Spiritual • superstitions • The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World • Thomas Cajetan • Thomas Müntzer • vernacular Bible translation • Wartburg Castle • Wittenberg • Wittenberh • Wycliffe
• ISBN-10: 0-87486-208-6 / 0874862086
• ISBN-13: 978-0-87486-208-9 / 9780874862089