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1 online resource (xi, 235 pages) : illustrations, maps, portrait |
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List of Illustrations; List of Tables and Maps; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; One The Early Reform Movement in the Netherlands; Two The Anabaptist Movement in Holland, 1531-35; Three From Sacramentarian Lay Reformer to Melchiorite Sympathiser, 1501-33; Four From Anabaptist to Nicodemite, 1534-39; Five Joris' Early Theology, 1534-36; Six Joris and the Post-Munster Radicals, 1536-39; Seven Confrontation with the Elders of Israel: The Strasbourg Debate; Eight Joris' Followers and Supporters: A Social Analysis; Nine Joris' Asylum in Antwerp, 1539-44 |
| Summary |
Waite's biography of Joris concentrates on his career as a DutchAnabaptist instead of his later, better-known activity as a Spiritualistin Basel. Waite argues convincingly that, from 1536 to 1539, Joris wasthe most influential Anabaptist leader in the Netherlands. Adopting amiddle path between the revolutionary chiliasm of the M?nsterAnabaptist kingdom and the radical separatism of Menno Simons and hisflock, Joris sought to unite the splintered Melchiorite movement underhis leadership. However, as Waite notes, history has been unkind to Joris: largelyignored by historians (the last book-length |
| Analysis |
1524-1543 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-228) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Joris, David, 1501 or 1502-1556
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Joris, David, approximately 1500-1556. |
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Joris, David. |
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Anabaptists -- Netherlands -- History
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Anabaptists -- Netherlands -- Biography
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Davidists -- Biography
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11.55 Protestantism.
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Anabaptists
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Davidists
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Täufer
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Doperdom.
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Netherlands
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Niederlande
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Biographies
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History
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Christian biography.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0889205671 |
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9780889205673 |
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1554586089 |
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9781554586080 |
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128223353X |
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9781282233539 |
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9786613811271 |
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6613811270 |
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