Narrative of the Anabaptist madness : the overthrow of Münster, the famous Metropolis of Westphalia / by Hermann von Kerssenbrock ; translated with introduction and notes by Christopher S. Mackay.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kerssenbroch, Hermann von, approximately 1520-1585
Other Authors: Mackay, Christopher S., 1962-
Other title:Anabaptistici furoris Monasterium inclitam Westphaliae metropolim evertentis historica narratio. English
Format: Book
Language:English
Latin
Published: Leiden ; Boston [Mass.] : Brill, 2007.
Series:Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 132, no. 1-2.
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Table of Contents:
  • List of illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note on the text and notes
  • General introduction
  • Bibliography
  • Herman of Kessenbrock, Historical narrative of the Anabaptist madness
  • Title page
  • Introduction
  • States are overthrown by God because of their sins
  • Beginnings of the city of Münster
  • Location of the city and nature of the people
  • Fortifications of the city
  • Descriptions of the city's churches
  • Public and private places and buildings of the city, its amenities, and a few of its customs
  • Dual jurisdiction in the city
  • Division of the city's inhabitants into estates
  • Omens and prodigies that foretold uproars in Westphalia and the destruction of the city of Münster
  • The events of 1524-1525
  • The events of 1526
  • The events of 1527
  • The events of 1531
  • The events of 1532
  • The events of 1533
  • The events of 1534
  • The events of 1535
  • The events of 1536
  • The events of 1538-1553
  • Index.