Thomas Müntzer
Early Reformation-era German pastor who was a rebel leader during the German Peasants' War
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Updated 2026-05-29
Early Reformation preacher who broke from Luther and led the German Peasants' War in 1525. Müntzer pushed radical theology where Luther hedged with feudal powers—a schism that defined central Germany's religious chaos.
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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 Luther's compromises with feudal authority. He was a leader of the German peasant and plebeian uprising of 1525 commonly known as the German Peasants' War.
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