The Dreadful History and Judgement of God on Thomas Müntzer

Autorentext
Andrew Drummond is a historian, novelist and translator based in Edinburgh. He is the author of four novels and, more recently, a biography of the eighteenth-century adventurer Maurice Benyovszky, as well as an account of attempts to extend rail connections to the north-west Highlands of Scotland.

Klappentext
Thomas Müntzer: radical millenarian preacher, revolutionary, iconoclast

Zusammenfassung
Thomas Müntzer: radical millenarian preacher, revolutionary, iconoclast

Inhalt
Wettin Family Tree
Map
Acknowledgements
Notes on the Text and Some Helpful Remarks

1. A Most Useful Lesson
An introduction
2. The End of the World
Historical and religious background to the German Reformation
3. The Devil Sowed His Seed
Müntzer’s early years
4. Murder and Riot and Bloodshed
Preacher in Zwickau (1520–1521)
5. He Ran Away like an Arch-Villain
A visit to Prague (1521)
6. Satan Wandered in the Wilderness
Erfurt, Nordhausen and Halle (1522–1523)
7. Satan Made Himself a Nest in Allstedt
A fruitful year of activity in Allstedt (1523–1524)
8. His Face Was as Yellow as a Corpse’s
Rebellion in Allstedt (1524)
9. Using God’s Name, He Spoke and Acted for the Devil
Müntzer’s theology
10. The Devil Never Let Him Rest
Mühlhausen and Nürnberg (1524)
11. His Poisonous Seed
In south-west Germany at the time of the peasant uprising (1524–1525)
12. The Time Was Come
The Thuringian uprising (1525)
13. Thomas Would Catch All the Bullets in His Sleeves
The Battle of Frankenhausen (May 1525)
14. How God Punishes Disobedience
The aftermath of defeat at Frankenhausen
15. Rebellious Violent Preachers
The early Anabaptists
16. The Devil in Person
Historiography

Conclusion
Chronology
Bibliography
Notes
Index

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