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Inhalt: Wettin Family Tree; Map; Acknowledgements; Notes on the Text and Some Helpful Remarks; 1. A Most Useful Lesson; An introduction; 2. The End of the World; Historical and religious background to the German Reformation; 3. The Devil Sowed His Seed; Muentzer's early years; 4. Murder and Riot and Bloodshed; Preacher in Zwickau (1520-1521); 5. He Ran Away like an Arch-Villain; A visit to Prague (1521); 6. Satan Wandered in the Wilderness; Erfurt, Nordhausen and Halle (1522-1523); 7. Satan Made Himself a Nest in Allstedt; A fruitful year of activity in Allstedt (1523-1524); 8. His Face Was as Yellow as a Corpse's; Rebellion in Allstedt (1524); 9. Using God's Name, He Spoke and Acted for the Devil; Muentzer's theology ; 10. The Devil Never Let Him Rest; Muehlhausen and Nuernberg (1524); 11. His Poisonous Seed; In south-west Germany at the time of the peasant uprising (1524-1525); 12. The Time Was Come; The Thuringian uprising (1525); 13. Thomas Would Catch All the Bullets in His Sleeves; The Battle of Frankenhausen (May 1525); 14. How God Punishes Disobedience; The aftermath of defeat at Frankenhausen; 15. Rebellious Violent Preachers; The early Anabaptists; 16. The Devil in Person; Historiography; Conclusion; Chronology; Bibliography; Notes; Index |
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| "A searing, insightful portrait of a one of the most enigmatic figures of the German Reformation. How did the son of a coin-maker from central Germany, Thomas Müntzer, rise in just a few short years to become one of the most feared revolutionaries in early modern Europe? Andrew Drummond charts the life and times of the man Martin Luther denounced as a ‘Ravening Wolf’ and ‘False Prophet’. Far from the bloodthirsty devil of legend, he was a man of considerable learning and principle, deeply sympathetic to the misery of the peasantry and the poor" [Verlag] |
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