In the Shadow of Savage Wolves: Anabaptist Munster and the German Reformation During the 1530s

206 Pages·2000·29.849 MB·English

by  Sigrun Haude

In the Shadow of
"Savage Wolves":
Anabaptist Munster and the German
Reformation During the 1530s
STUDIES IN CENTRAL EUROPEAN HISTORIES
GENERAL EDITORS
Thomas A. Brady Jr. Roger Chickering
University of California, Berkeley Georgetown University
BoARD OF EDITORS
Steven Beller Susan Karant-Nunn David Sabean
Washington, D.C. Universir, ofArizona Universir, ofCalifornia, Los Angeles
Anna Grossmann Mary Lindermann Jonathan Sperber
Columbia Universir, Carnegie Mellon Universir, Unil!ersir, of Missouri
Peter Hayes H. C.ErikMidelfort Jan de Vries
NorthwesternUniversir, Universir, of Virginia Unil!ersir,ofCalifornia, Berkeley
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Modernir, Politics, Class,and theRise of ThreeSouthwestGerman Villages,
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Protestant Politics:Jacob Sturm inOld Regime Prussia,
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Reformation Otto Biisch ArchitectoftheApocalJpse
ThomasA. BradyJr. Lawrence Sondhaus
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Early ModemColmar, Culturaland PoliticalHistory
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Peter G.Wallace TheCoenter-Reformationin
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Conflicting Visionsof Reform: International Relations andthe Habsburgs
German LaJPropaganda JiidichKlereSuccessionCrises Joseph F. Patrouch
Pamphlets, 1519-1530 (1609-1614)
Miriam Usher Chrisman Alison Deborah Anderson IntheShadowof"SavageWoll!es"
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Migration and Urbanization in Priest and Parish in Vienna, ReformationDuringthe15305
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James H.Jackson Jr. William David Bowman
In the Shadow of
"Savage Wolves":
Anabaptist Munster and
the German Reformation
During the 1530s
Sigrun Haude
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Haude, Sigrun, 1959-
In the shadow of "savage wolves"; Anabaptist Munster and the German
Reformation during the 1530's/Sigrun Haude.
p. em. - (Studies in Central European histories)
Includesa bibliographical references and index.
ISBN0-391-04100-2 (hardcover)
1. Anabaptists-Germany-Westphalia-Public opinion- History- 16th
century. 2. Public opinion- Germany- Westphalia-History-16th century.
3. Westphalia (Germany)-Church history-16th century. 4. Anabaptists
Gerrnanv-s-Mensrer in Westfalen-History-16th century. 5. Menster in
Westfalen (Germany)-Church history-16th century. I. Title. II. Series.
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Contents
List of Illustrations ix
Preface xi
l. "Munster": History and Historians 1
2. "Munster" and the Public Fear 17
3. Responses in Cologne 39
The Rhenish Metropolis 39
The Council's Encounter with Heresy at Home 40
The Religious Leaders' Fight for Orthodoxy 48
4. Responses in the Rhineland 70
The Rhenish Princes 70
Fighting Anabaptism at Home 73
The Reform of Abuses 84
5. Responses in Strasbourg 91
The Mecca of the Persecuted 91
The Ministers' Initiative 93
The Magistrates' Response 108
6. Responses in the Empire: Particular Interests and
Political Collaboration 115
Players and Context 115
The Imperial Cities and "Munster" 115
The Imperial Princes and "Munster" 133
The Empire and "Munster" 141
7. "Munster": Impact and Insights 146
List of Abbreviations 155
Bibliography 157
vii
CONTENTS
Maps 185
Index 187
viii
List of Illustrations
Map of the Rhine Countries with insert of the circles
in the empire 185
Map of Northwest Germany 186
ix