![]() ![]() ![]() But God, he relates, revealed his intention to punish by three eclipses each of the sun and moon and three comets, as well as many other celestial prodigies. ![]() He informs us that disaster struck the city because of its crimes and outrageous sins. In addition to recounting the events of Anabaptist Münster, Kerssenbrock provides a lot of information on its prehistory and of the religious, military, social, and political structure of the city, as well as of Münster's history from 1535 to 1553. Nevertheless, it is the work of a contemporary to the events described. ![]() First, Kerssenbrock was an adolescent eye witness to only part of the events second, his interpretation is marred by his strong anti-Reformation bias, illustrated, for example, by his defamatory characterization of Bernhard Rothmann and, third, important omissions and errors of fact cast doubt upon the work's reliability. It has not been used much by modern interpreters for several reasons. This work is important because it is the basis of much of the later interpretation of the events of Anabaptist Mü nster. It is a welcome addition to the growing volume of works about the Reformation in translation. This work is volume 132 of the Brill series Studies in the History of Christian Traditions, edited by Robert J. ![]()
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