biography
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Müntzer, Thomas
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also spelled Münzer or Monczer
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pronunciation:
[müntser]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.1489–1525)
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| biography:
| Religious reformer and Anabaptist, born in Stolberg, E Germany. He studied theology, and in 1520 began to preach at Zwickau. His socialism and mystical doctrines soon brought him into collision with the authorities. After preaching widely, in 1525 he was elected pastor of the Anabaptists at Mülhausen, where his communistic ideas soon aroused the whole country. He joined the Peasants' Revolt (1524–5), but was defeated at Frankenhausen, and executed a few days later. |
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