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Godless : how a violent sect sparked 500 years of Christian hatred / Paul Ham ; translations of original documents by Jonathan Schmidt and Sarah Markiewicz

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Type de médiation

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Titre(s)

Godless : how a violent sect sparked 500 years of Christian hatred / Paul Ham ; translations of original documents by Jonathan Schmidt and Sarah Markiewicz

Auteur(s)

Ham, Paul

Autre(s) auteur(s)

Publication

[Melbourne (Vic.)] : Hamish Hamilton : Penguin books, 2019

Description matérielle

1 vol. (VIII-367 p.-[8] p. de pl.) : ill., cartes, portr. ; 24 cm

ISBN

978-0-14-378132-5
0-14-378132-4

EAN

9780143781325 br.

Titre conventionnel

[New Jerusalem.]

Classification décimale Dewey

943.561 403

Note sur l'édition et l'histoire bibliographique

D'abord publié à : New Jerusalem : William Heinemann, 2018

Note sur les bibliographies et les index

Bibliogr. p. 341-352. Notes bibliogr. Index

Note sur le contenu

1 The preacher 2 Elijah 3 Apocalypse 4 Schwärmer 5 Enoch 6 Exodus 7 Münster 8 The bishop 9 White bread Bernie 10 New Jerusalem 11 The chosen people 12 A false prophet John of Leiden 14 The kingdom of God 15 Storming the city 16 Daring the empire 17 Maidens and wives 18 Women revolt 19 The blockade 20 King David 21 The royal bedchamber 22 The word 23 Confessions 24 The return of Henry Graes 25 Dance, dance, dance 26 The twelve dukes 17 The four horsemen 28 Holy war 29 Judgement day 30 The great world Afterword Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography Index

Résumé ou extrait

"In February 1534 a radical religious sect whose disciples were being persecuted throughout Europe seized the city of Münster, in the German-speaking land of Westphalia. They were convinced that they were God's Elect, specially chosen by the Almighty to be the first to ascend to Paradise on Judgement Day, as told in the Book of Revelation. And it would all happen here, in 'New Jerusalem' (as they renamed the city), during Easter 1535, when God and Christ would descend and usher in the End Times. But the 'Melchiorites', as they were called after their founding prophet, would be well-prepared for Apocalypse, swiftly turning the city into a Christian theocracy. They threw out the Catholics and Lutherans, 'rebaptised' their followers, destroyed all old religious icons, adopted a communist system of shared property, and imposed a new law of polygamy that compelled all women and girls who'd reached puberty to marry. Because women outnumbered men about three times, many men had 3-5 wives. John of Leiden, who proclaimed himself 'king' of New Jerusalem, had 16 wives - all according to God's exhortation in Genesis to 'go forth and multiply'.The backlash against the sect would be long and brutal. The Catholic and Lutheran powers were determined to make a terrible example of what they saw as a dangerous mob of crazed heretics. And so began the siege of Munster. For 18 months, the city was shut off from the world, periodically attacked and then slowly starved. And yet, for most of this time, the sect clung to their faith with astonishing resilience, even as they descended into hellish suffering." (4e de couv.)

Sujet - Nom de personne

Jean de Leyde (1509-1536)

Sujet - Nom commun

Sectes chrétiennes -- Allemagne
Anabaptistes -- Allemagne -- Histoire
Église -- Réforme -- Allemagne -- Münster in Westfalen (Allemagne)
Sièges (histoire) -- Allemagne -- Histoire

Sujet - Nom géographique

Münster in Westfalen (Allemagne) -- 1534-1535 (Soulèvement anabaptiste)

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