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| The 'Thomas Müntzer Society' in Germany (mostly in German) | ||
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| Mennonite Lexikon (in German) | ||
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| Wikipedia entry (in English). | ||
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| Wikipedia entry (in German) | ||
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| Material relating to the Peasant War of 1525 (in German). Pay specific attention to the main article, the maps section, and articles on Müntzer and on his wife Ottilie.. |
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Reproduction of the Latin version of the 'Prague Manifesto' at Jena University | ||
Published Articles and Lectures | |||
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Peter Matheson's review of recent Müntzer research in Germany. With grateful acknowledgement to the Mennonite Quarterly Review where this article first appeared (Vol.86, Part 1, 2012) |
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Siegfried Bräuer's analysis of Müntzer's importance to the German Reformation, lecture given at Allstedt, 2013 | ||
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| Siegfried Bräuer's summary biography of Müntzer, which appears in the German 'Mennonite Lexikon' (2010) | ||
| | Back in 2017, to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the German Reformation, the BBC broadcast five 15-minute talks, given by a fine collection of respected academics, and one amateur (Andrew Drummond). | ||
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Andrew Drummond's analysis of Müntzer's doctrine of the `Fear of Man` (re-created from scanned original: 16th Century Journal, 1979) | ||
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Also by Andrew Drummond, an analysis of Müntzer's view of the Divine and the Mortal (re-created from scanned original: Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte, 1980) | ||
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| An essay (yet again by Andrew Drummond) on the ill-advised presentation to Stalin, in 1949, of most of Thomas Müntzer's handwritten letters. | ||
Main Library Catalogues or online Bibliographies | |||
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British Library - pre-selected for 'Thomas Müntzer' | ||
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National Library of Scotland (NLS) - pre-selected for 'Thomas Müntzer' | ||
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Library of Congress (US) - pre-selected for 'Thomas Müntzer' | ||
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German National Library (DNB) - pre-selected for 'Müntzer' | ||
Digital volumes | |||
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| The bibliography elsewhere on this website contains links to many older books and articles on Müntzer. Click on the link to the left to access this. | ||
Other helpful websites | |||
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Viabundus - a wonderful website with an interactive map of the trade-routes and towns of 16th century northern Europe. | ||
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| Stolberg on-line history - includes several pages on Müntzer. | ||
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Website dedicated to Andreas Bodenstein von Karlstadt - another radical. | ||
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A Wikipedia article giving more information about the 'Zwickau prophet' Nikolaus Storch. | ||
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| The Frankenhausen 'Panorama-Museum', with magnificent murals by Werner Tübke (1989). | ||
Documentation and Opinions from 16th Century sources | |||
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A translation of Martin Luther's Letter to the Princes of Saxony, Concerning the Rebellious Spirit , written in June 1524 - a denunciation of Müntzer's activities and teachings. | ||
| | A translation of Martin Luther's Open Letter to the Honourable and Wise Mayor, Council and Whole Community of the Town of Mühlhausen, written in August 1524 in an attenpt to have Müntzer ejected from Mühlhausen. | ||
Unpublished Articles | |||
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An appreciation of Siegfried Bräuer's contribution to research by Peter Matheson, 2015 | ||
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| An essay on Müntzer by a modern Baptist, Robert Booth | ||
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An overview of Müntzer`s dealings with printers, by Andy Drummond, 2015 | ||
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An analysis of Müntzer's revolutionary intentions in his reforms of church services, by Andy Drummond, 2015 | ||
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A very simple overview of the complex geography and the rulers of 16th century Thuringia, by Andy Drummond, 2016 | ||
Interesting, rather than useful, websites | |||
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| The website of the late adult comic-book artist Lutz Bosofsky, whose stories and images of the Peasant War are quite wonderful. | ||
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| Slightly more bizarrely, a brief CGI re-enactment of the Battle of Frankenhausen - in 'Anim' form... | ||
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| Following in Müntzer's footsteps (Roland Boer, with some disappointment)... | ||
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| An instrumental track entitled 'Thomas Muntzer' by the British experimental band The Petrels... | ||