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John of Leyden
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Originally a tailor; attained great power as an orator; joined the Anabaptists, and in 1534 established at Münster, in Westphalia, a society based on communistic and polygamic principles; but the bishop of Münster interfered, and next year John was put to death with great cruelty (1509-1536).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'John of Leyden'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/j/john-of-leyden.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'John of Leyden'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/j/john-of-leyden.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
