Ulinka Rublack: 3 books
The Astronomer and the Witch
Johannes Kepler's Fight for his Mother
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was one of the most admired astronomers who ever lived and a key figure in the scientific revolution. A defender of Copernicus´s sun-centred universe, he famously discovered that planets move in ellipses, and defined the three laws of planetary motion. Perhaps less well...
by Ulinka Rublack
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
How could the Protestant Reformation take off from Wittenberg, a tiny town in Saxony, which contemporaries regarded as a mud hole? And how could a man of humble origins, deeply scared by the devil, become a charismatic leader and convince others that the Pope was the living Antichrist? Martin Luther...
Magd, Metz' oder Mörderin
Frauen vor frühneuzeitlichen Gerichten
Language: German
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Erzählt wird die Geschichte von Frauen, die in den Gerichtsakten des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts auftauchen – nicht etwa als Hexen, sondern als Kindsmörderinnen, Ehebrecherinnen oder gerissene Beutelschneiderinnen. Ulinka Rublack malt ein plastisches und farbiges Bild von der Lebenswirklichkeit "gewöhnlicher"...