The Preacher Too Radical for Luther

Not Just the Tudors

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🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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The mid-15th to mid-16th centuries in Europe was an era of political, social, and religious unrest, when the Roman Catholic Church was being questioned by those who sought a more direct connection with God.

In the midst of this turmoil in Germany stood Thomas Müntzer, a preacher, theologian, and reformer. Müntzer's role in the German Peasants War had him labelled variously as a bloodthirsty revolutionary or a people's hero. Martin Luther later described Müntzer as a “ravening wolf” and a “false prophet.”

In this edition of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb finds out more about Müntzer’s extraordinary life and times with historian, novelist and translator, Andrew Drummond.

This episode was produced by Rob Weinberg.

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0:54.6	binge entire seasons early and ad-free on Wonder E Plus. The years 1470 to 1560 saw the German states like much of Europe in an era of profound change. It was a time when political, social, and economic
1:16.4	unrest was felt by all levels of society and when the Catholic Church in Rome was being questioned by those who sought to facilitate a more direct
1:25.6	connection between God and his people. In the midst of this unrest was Thomas Muncer,
1:32.0	a German preacher, theologian and reformer.
1:35.0	The man Martin Luther later described as a ravening wolf and a false prophet.
1:40.0	Controversial in life and in death, Munc's thoughts on reform and his role in the German
1:49.2	peasants war has him remembered by some as a bloodthirsty revolutionary and by others as a people's
1:55.1	hero.
1:56.1	Today my guest is Scottish historian novelist and translator Andrew Drummond.
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