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The German Peasants' War and Anabaptist Community of Goods (Volume 6) (McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion)

James M. Stayer

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Description:James Stayer argues that the Anabaptist community of goods continued the popular radicalism of the early reformation and the peasants' war of 1525. During the German reformation, hundreds of thousands of commoners were mobilized by the hope that established clerical and aristocratic order could be replaced by justice and equity based on the divine law of the Bible. After the defeat of the commoners in the peasants' war, some of the most ardent adherents of social and religious reform attempted to achieve these same aspirations by trying to implement the apostolic model of Acts 2 and 4 through the Anabaptists. Thus, as Stayer reveals, the peasants' war was an essential formative experience for many of the original leaders of Anabaptism. In the late 1520s, persecution drove many Anabaptists to Moravia where, throughout the 16th century, they continued the commoners' resistance to privilege in church and state. Stayer argues that in Munster, however, where there had been no peasants' war and where urban notables were prominent in the Anabaptist leadership, Anabaptist communism was badly corrupted. The historical continuities which Stayer establishes between the peasants' war and Anabaptism in Switzerland, southern Germany and Moravia can in part explain this contrast. Stayer breaks away from previous interpretive literature by defining community of goods as a general attempt to follow Acts 2 and 4, rather than modelling it on the specific practices of the Hutterites. Stayer also sees community of goods as expressing the economic and religious ideals of 16th century commoners generally, rather than that of some particular class or state.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The German Peasants' War and Anabaptist Community of Goods (Volume 6) (McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion). To get started finding The German Peasants' War and Anabaptist Community of Goods (Volume 6) (McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: James Stayer argues that the Anabaptist community of goods continued the popular radicalism of the early reformation and the peasants' war of 1525. During the German reformation, hundreds of thousands of commoners were mobilized by the hope that established clerical and aristocratic order could be replaced by justice and equity based on the divine law of the Bible. After the defeat of the commoners in the peasants' war, some of the most ardent adherents of social and religious reform attempted to achieve these same aspirations by trying to implement the apostolic model of Acts 2 and 4 through the Anabaptists. Thus, as Stayer reveals, the peasants' war was an essential formative experience for many of the original leaders of Anabaptism. In the late 1520s, persecution drove many Anabaptists to Moravia where, throughout the 16th century, they continued the commoners' resistance to privilege in church and state. Stayer argues that in Munster, however, where there had been no peasants' war and where urban notables were prominent in the Anabaptist leadership, Anabaptist communism was badly corrupted. The historical continuities which Stayer establishes between the peasants' war and Anabaptism in Switzerland, southern Germany and Moravia can in part explain this contrast. Stayer breaks away from previous interpretive literature by defining community of goods as a general attempt to follow Acts 2 and 4, rather than modelling it on the specific practices of the Hutterites. Stayer also sees community of goods as expressing the economic and religious ideals of 16th century commoners generally, rather than that of some particular class or state.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The German Peasants' War and Anabaptist Community of Goods (Volume 6) (McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion). To get started finding The German Peasants' War and Anabaptist Community of Goods (Volume 6) (McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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