1st Edition
Medieval Chivalry and the Making of Anabaptist Identity, 1525-1560
By Jacob Randolph
Copyright 2026
170 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
170 Pages
2 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Using sermons, theological treatises, polemical pamphlets, allegories, hymns, and studies of material culture, Jacob Randolph sheds light on how and why the popularity of knightly culture of the Late Middle Ages permeated early modern Anabaptist texts and animated the imaginations of Anabaptist communities. This book reveals how the rituals of baptism and martyrdom, the political realities of... Read more
Introduction
Chapter 1 - CREATING THE MEDIEVAL MILES CHRISTI
Chapter 2 - LAY MILITANCY IN CHRISTIAN HUMANIST AND EARLY REFORMATION DISCOURSE
Chapter 3 - IN WATER AND BLOOD: BAPTISM, MARTYRDOM, AND KNIGHTHOOD IN SWISS AND SOUTH GERMAN ANABAPTISM
Chapter 4 - MEDIEVAL KING-MAKING AND THE LOGIC OF VIOLENCE IN ANABAPTIST MÜNSTER
Chapter 5 - KNIGHTS AMID THE RUBBLE OF THE NEW JERUSALEM
Conclusion
Index
Biography
Jacob Randolph (PhD, Baylor University) is Assistant Professor of the history of Christianity at Saint Paul School of Theology. He is a cultural historian of late medieval and early modern Europe.
