German Peasants' War and Anabaptist Community of Goods

James M. Stayer

McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, Apr 1, 1991 - Religion - 256 pages

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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Stayer's work is a collection of essays on the two common topics mentioned in the title. Some of the essays had been published earlier but most are new and investigate different portions of the ...

Contents

• Introduction: 3
• The Peasants War Seen through the Prism: 19
• The Radicalization of the Social Gospel: 45
• Anabaptists and Future Anabaptists in: 61
• PART TWO ANABAPTIST COMMUNITY OF GOODS: 93
• The AntiMaterialistic Piety: 107
• The: 123
• Communi: 139
• Anabaptists in the Peasants: 165
• Notes: 173
• Index: 221

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Bibliographic information

• Title: German Peasants' War and Anabaptist Community of Goods; McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion
• Author: James M. Stayer
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 1991
• ISBN: 0773562958, 9780773562950
• Length: 256 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Christianity / History