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The Anabaptists were at the radical, utopian edge of the Reformation, ruthlessly repressed by Catholic, Lutheran and secular authorities alike. Hans-Jurgen Goertz gives a comprehensive account of their political and religious significance, their views, and their social setting within the wider context of the Reformation. Particular attention is paid to the role and experience of women and of... Read more
INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 ANABAPTIST ALTERNATIVES; Chapter 2 ANTICLERICALISM AND MORAL IMPROVEMENT; Chapter 3 BAPTISM AS PUBLIC CONFESSION OF FAITH; Chapter 4 CONGREGATION, GOVERNMENT AND THE NEW KINGDOM; Chapter 5 SIMPLE BROTHERS AND SELF-CONFIDENT SISTERS; Chapter 6 HERETICS, REBELS AND MARTYRS; Chapter 7 CONCLUSION; APPENDIX A A SELECTION OF SOURCES; APPENDIX B CHRONOLOGY; APPENDIX C; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index;
Biography
Hans-Jürgen Goertz is Professor of Social and Economic History at the University of Hamburg, Germany, and a leading scholar of the radical wing of the Reformation.
'Good general accounts of Anabaptism are rare in English, and this English edition, based on a 1988 revision and incorporating some material on English Anabaptists and a new chapter on the 'ordinary' Anabaptist, is most welcome... this is a valuable and provocative book.' : Theological Studies Vol 48 No. 2 Oct 97
