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Thomas Müntzer | |
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| Born | c. 1489 Stolberg, Holy Roman Empire |
| Died | 27 May 1525 Mühlhausen, Holy Roman Empire |
| Cause of death | Execution |
| Nationality | German |
Thomas Müntzer (1489 – 27 May 1525) was a German preacher and revolutionary during the Reformation.[1]
Early life
Müntzer was born in Stolberg in 1498. His father died from a scaffold because of the negligence of the Count of Stolberg. When he was 14, he organized a secret anti-Catholic group at the Halle school. After preaching in his neighborhood, he moved to Zwickau in 1520 and became an evangelical preacher.[1]
Exile
After Müntzer defended the Anabaptists, the city council expelled them from Zwickau, and Müntzer went to Prague. He tried to join the remnants of the Hussites but then fled Bohemia for Allstedt in Thuringia. He refused to preach in Latin and used a German translation of the Bible.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Friedrich Engels (1850). The Peasant War in Germany: 'The Main Opposition Groups and their Programmes; Luther and Muenzer'. [MIA]