Socialist History Society public meeting held on
Tuesday 24th February 2026 

Lyndal Roper is Emeritus Regius Professor of History at the University of Oxford, the first woman to hold the post. She has written on women and the German Reformation, on witchcraft, and on the German reformer Martin Luther. Her most recent book is a history of the German Peasants’ War, the biggest popular uprising in Western Europe before the French Revolution. Titled Summer of Fire and Blood, it won the Cundill Prize for 2025.