De valschen Profeten unde Predekanten: The Low German Text of Henry Gresbeck's Account of the Anabaptist Kingdom of Münster: Critical Edition with an

In February 1534, a radical group of Anabaptists, gripped with apocalyptic fervor, seized the city of M nster and established an idealistic communal government that quickly deteriorated into extreme inequality and theocratic totalitarianism. In response, troops hired by the city's prince-bishop laid siege to the city. Fifteen months later the besieged inhabitants were starving, and, in the dead of the night, five men slipped out. Separated from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612481868
• ISBN13: 9781612481869
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.0"