Tag Archives: Erhard Schon

NOWHERE PEOPLE: STRANDED IN ''NOWHERESVILLE''

Posted on July 17, 2010 by Dave

”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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THERE WILL BE BLOOD

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Dave

” 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 →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | 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 | Leave a comment

MUNSTER MASH

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Dave

”On February 8, 1534, Anabaptists in Münster started to arm themselves as a result of threatening confrontations with both Lutherans and Catholics. On the 23rd of February, 1534, two things happened which were to drastically shape the future of Münster. … Continue reading →