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NOWHERE PEOPLE: STRANDED IN ''NOWHERESVILLE''
”A few years ago, I told an English professor (who regularly teaches Thomas More’s Utopia in his Renaissance literature courses) that I was preparing to give a paper at a conference of the Society for Utopian Studies. He asked me where the meeting was … Continue reading
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Tagged Anabaptists Munster, Brueghel, Charles Erasmus, Desiderius Erasmus, Erasmus, Erhard Schoen, Erhard Schoen Muenster, Erhard Schon, Francis Bacon, Hans Holbein, Henri Pirenne, Jan of Leiden, Jan of Leyden, Martin Luther, Pieter Bruegel, Reginald Pole, Richard H. Robbins, Sir Thomas More, utopianism, Utopias, William Latimer
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FAUST IN THE HAUS
MEPHIST. Now, Faustus, what wouldst thou have me do? FAUSTUS. I charge thee wait upon me whilst I live, To do whatever Faustus shall command, Be it to make the moon drop from her sphere, Or the ocean to overwhelm … Continue reading
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Tagged Anabaptists Munster, Bette Davis, Carl Jung, Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus, Evelyn Waugh, George S. Kaufman, Goethe, Hans Brosamer, Hans Sebald Beham, Jan of Leyden, Jimmy Durante, John Bingley Garden, Lucas Cranach, Martin Luther, Moss Hart, Norman Cohn, Peter Coke, Psychic Epidemics, Ricardo Falero, Sigrun Haude
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KING OF ALL THE WORLD
The holy terrors of Munster. Their revolution in 1534-35 anticipated the “psychic epidemics” of our own time: “The spread of the Anabaptists in lower Germany and the Netherlands must largely be ascribed to the activity of Melchior Hofmann, a widely … Continue reading
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Tagged Anabaptists Munster, Bernard Rothmann, Bishop Franz of Munster, Duke Georg of Saxony, Franz von Waldeck, Hans Lufft, Jan Matthys, John Bockelsohn, John Matthys, John of Leyden, Knipperdollinck, Lukas Cranach der Altere, Luthers Ketzerspiel, Martin Luther, Melchior Hofman, Peter Vischer, Philipp I Landgrave of Hesse, William Cunningham
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THERE WILL BE BLOOD
” The glory of all the Saints, ” they asserted, ” is to wreak vengeance… Revenge without mercy is the fate of all who are not marked with the Sign”. ”Cohn notes that John of Leyden (aka Jan Bockelson) wrote … Continue reading
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Tagged Anabaptists, Anabaptists Munster, Erhard Schoen, Erhard Schon, Guy Debord, Jan Matthys, Jan of Leyden, John of Leyden, Leonhard Beck, Norman Cohn, Philipp I Landgrave of Hesse, Philipp I of Hesse, Thomas Muntzer
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