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Thomas Müntzer
Also called: Thomas Muntzer, Thomas Münzer
German radical reformer who led the Thuringian peasant army in the German Peasants’ War and was executed after the defeat at Frankenhausen
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In 1524–1525 peasants across southern and central Germany, inspired by the Reformation, rose up demanding the end of serfdom and other reforms, but were crushed by the princes — with Luther on the princes’ side.
People who appear alongside
- Martin Luther1483 – 1546
German theologian who launched the Reformation with his Ninety-five Theses in 1517, preached salvation “by faith alone” and authority “by scripture alone”, and translated the Bible into German
Themes this person appears in
- Reformation and Absolutism1517 – 1796
From Luther’s Ninety-five Theses to Catherine the Great — the wars of religion of a divided Christendom ended at Westphalia, and absolute monarchs armed with divine right, standing armies, bureaucracies and mercantilism, followed by the enlightened despots of eastern Europe, contended for the balance of power among sovereign states