Difference between revisions of "John Of Leyden"

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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76051" /> ==
 
<p> [[Leader]] of the [[Anabaptists]] in Münster, born in The Hague; beset with his followers, who regarded him as a prophet, in Münster, he was taken alive after a siege of six months and tortured to death in 1536. </p>
John Of Leyden <ref name="term_75210" />
       
<p> Originally a tailor; attained great power as an orator; joined the Anabaptists, and in 1534 established at Münster, in Westphalia, a society based on communistic and polygamic principles; but the bishop of [[Münster]] interfered, and next year John was put to death with great cruelty (1509-1536). </p>
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Revision as of 18:33, 15 October 2021

John Of Leyden [1]

Originally a tailor; attained great power as an orator; joined the Anabaptists, and in 1534 established at Münster, in Westphalia, a society based on communistic and polygamic principles; but the bishop of Münster interfered, and next year John was put to death with great cruelty (1509-1536).

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