German Peasants' War and Anabaptist Community of Goods

German Peasants' War and Anabaptist Community of Goods
ISBN-10
0773562958
ISBN-13
9780773562950
Category
Religion
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
1991-04-01
Publisher
McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Author
James M. Stayer

Description

In the late 1520s persecution drove many Anabaptists to Moravia where, throughout the sixteenth century, they continued the commoners' resistance to privilege in church and state. Stayer argues that in Münster, however, where there had been no Peasants' War and where urban notables were prominent in the Anabaptist leadership, Anabaptist communism was badly corrupted. The historical continuities which Stayer establishes between the Peasants' War and Anabaptism in Switzerland, south Germany, and Moravia can in part explain this contrast.

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