Thomas Müntzer (c.– 27 May 1525) was a German preacher and theologian of the early Reformation whose opposition to both Martin Luther and the Roman 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 became a leader of the German peasant and plebeian uprising of 1525 commonly known as the German Peasants' War. He was captured after the Battle of Frankenhausen, tortured and executed.
Born | Stolberg, County of Stolberg in the Holy Roman Empire |
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27 May 1525 (aged ) Free Imperial City of Mühlhausen in the Holy Roman Empire
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