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Thomas Müntzer ( – 27 May 1525) was a German preacher and theologian of the early Reformation whose opposition to both Martin Luther and the Catholic Church led to his open defiance of late-feudal authority in central Germany.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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1489year
Harzattested“Thomas Müntzer was born in late 1489 (or possibly early 1490), in the small town of Stolberg in the Harz Mountains of central Germany.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Müntzer
1490 to 1506period
University of Leipzigattested“Shortly after 1490, the family moved to the neighbouring and slightly larger town of Quedlinburg, and it was as "Thomas Munczer de Quedlinburgk" that he enrolled at the University of Leipzig in 1506.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Müntzer
November 1522month
Stolberg, Saxony-Anhaltattested“He also visited his hometown in Stolberg to give sermons (Easter), and in November 1522 visited Weimar to attend a disputation.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Müntzer
November 1522month
Weimarattested“He also visited his hometown in Stolberg to give sermons (Easter), and in November 1522 visited Weimar to attend a disputation.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Müntzer
December 1522month
Halle (Saale)attested“From December 1522 until March 1523, he found employment as chaplain at a nunnery at Glaucha just outside Halle.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Müntzer
July 1523month
Allstedtattested“Do not flatter your princes, otherwise you will live to see your undoing." An attempt at reconciliation with Luther, in a letter written by Müntzer from Allstedt in July 1523, went without reply.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Müntzer
1524year
Wittenbergattested“After the summer of 1524, the tone of the written conflict became ever more bitter on both sides, culminating in Müntzer's pamphlet A Highly-Provoked Vindication and a Refutation of the Unspiritual Soft-living Flesh in Wittenberg of 1524…”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Müntzer
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1512year
Viadrina European Universitymentioned“In late 1512, he enrolled at the Viadriana University of Frankfurt an der Oder.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Müntzer
1515 to 1516period
Frosementioned“Between 1515 and 1516, he also managed to find a job as schoolmaster at a nunnery in Frose, near Aschersleben.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Müntzer
1515 to 1516period
Ascherslebenmentioned“Between 1515 and 1516, he also managed to find a job as schoolmaster at a nunnery in Frose, near Aschersleben.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Müntzer
1517year
Wittenbergmentioned“In the autumn of 1517, he was in Wittenberg, met with Martin Luther, and became involved in the great discussions which preceded the posting of Luther's 95 Theses.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Müntzer
1519year
Braunschweigmentioned“He continued to be paid for his position at Braunschweig until early 1519, when he turned up in the town of Jüterbog, north-east of Wittenberg, where he had been asked to stand in for the preacher Franz Günther.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Müntzer
June 1519month
Leipzigmentioned“In June 1519, Müntzer attended the disputation in Leipzig between the reformers of Wittenberg (Luther, Karlstadt, and Philip Melanchthon) and the Catholic Church hierarchy (represented by Johann Eck).”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Müntzer
March 1522month
Wittenbergmentioned“By March 1522, Müntzer was writing to Melanchthon in Wittenberg, warning that "our most beloved Martin acts ignorantly because he does not want to offend the little ones...”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Müntzer
April 1523month
Saxonymentioned“In early April 1523, through the patronage of Selmenitz, he was appointed as preacher at St John's Church in Allstedt in Saxony.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Müntzer
May 1523month
Stolberg, Saxony-Anhaltmentioned“(May 1523) Ordnung und Berechunge des Teutschen Ampts zu Alstadt * A Sober Missive to his Dear Brothers in Stolberg, Urging them to Avoid Unrighteous Uproar.”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Müntzer
February 1525month
Mühlhausenmentioned“In February 1525 Müntzer returned to Mühlhausen (via Fulda, where he was briefly arrested and then – unrecognized – released) and took over the pulpit at St Mary's Church; the town council neither gave, nor was asked for, permission to m…”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Müntzer
February 1525month
Fuldamentioned“In February 1525 Müntzer returned to Mühlhausen (via Fulda, where he was briefly arrested and then – unrecognized – released) and took over the pulpit at St Mary's Church; the town council neither gave, nor was asked for, permission to m…”source: Wikipedia: Thomas Müntzer
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