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Book SynopsisThis handbook provides a comprehensive survey of current scholarship on Anabaptist and Spiritualist history and theology from 1521 to 1700. Since the last half of the twentieth century, the historiography of the Radical Reformation has been the focus of vigorous and creative debate. The volume–broadly cast in terms of geographic scope and topical coverage–carefully untangles the fluid boundaries of Spiritualism and Anabaptism in Early Modern European history. In addition to a narrative summary, each chapter also provides a bibliography of sources and current scholarship, and concludes with suggestions for future research. This handbook will serve a generation of students as the standard reference work on Anabaptism and Spiritualism. Contributors include: Geoffrey Dipple, Michael Driedger, Hans-Jürgen Goertz, Brad Gregory, Sigrun Haude, Ralf Klötzer, John D. Rempel, John D. Roth, Martin Rothkegel, C. Arnold Snyder, James Stayer, Piet Visser, and R. Emmet McLaughlin. Originally published in hardcover.
Trade Review"[...] this volume brings Anabaptist research a significant step forward, never failing to provide even the well-read student of Anabaptism with fresh insights, often at the most unexpected of places". - Stephen E. Buckwalter, Bucer-Forschungsstelle, Heidelberg, in: The Mennonite Quarterly Review, Vol. 83, No. 3 (July 2009). "Der Band, der sich methodisch-theoretisch im Spektrum der aktuellen Diskussionen über die Anfänge der Täufer sowie kulturwissenschaftlicher Ansätze bewegt, stellt ein willkommenes und den Stand der Täuferforschung in breiter Form zusammenfassendes Handbuch dar. [...] Karten ergänzen den Band, auch der Index, der neben Namen und Orten Sachbegriffe und Druckwerke aufgenommen hat, ist lobend hervorzuheben. Das große Verdienst des Bandes ist seine thematisch und chronologisch breite Präsentation der täuferischen Bewegungen, die auch die frühen Anfänge unter Thomas Müntzer, Andreas Karlstadt und die Bauernaufstände sowie die spiritualistischen Traditionen mit einbezieht." - Astrid von Schlachta, Universität Innsbruck, in: Innsbrucker Historische Studien, Vol. 26 (2010), pp. 245-248
Table of ContentsList of Contributors Foreword, John D. Roth Introduction, James M. Stayer Chapter One. Karlstadt, Müntzer and the Reformation of the Commoners, 1521–1525, Hans-Jürgen Goertz Chapter Two. Swiss Anabaptism: The Beginnings, 1523–1525, C. Arnold Snyder Chapter Three. Swiss-South German Anabaptism, 1526–1540, James M. Stayer Chapter Four. Spiritualism: Schwenckfeld and Franck and their Early Modern Resonances, Emmet McLaughlin Chapter Five. Anabaptism in Moravia and Silesia, Martin Rothkegel Chapter Six.The Melchiorites and Münster, Ralf Klötzer Chapter Seven. The Spiritualist Anabaptists, Geoffrey Dipple Chapter Eight. Mennonites and Doopsgezinden in the Netherlands, 1535–1700, Piet Visser Chapter Nine. Marpeck and Later Swiss Brethren, 1540–1700, John D. Roth Chapter Ten. Anabaptist Religious Literature and Hymnody, John Rempel Chapter Eleven. Gender Roles and Perspectives Among Anabaptist and Spiritualist Groups, Sigrun Haude Chapter Twelve. Anabaptist Martyrdom: Imperatives, Experience, and Memorialization, Brad Gregory Chapter Thirteen. Anabaptists and the Early Modern State: A Long-Term View, Michael Driedger Index
