Thomas Müntzer, German mystic and theologian (born 1488)

Thomas Müntzer

German preacher and theologian (c. 1489 – 1525)

Thomas Müntzer 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. Müntzer was foremost amongst those reformers who took issue with…