Leipzig

Saxony, Germany

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1506

Thomas Muntzer arrived in Leipzig to study at the University of Leipzig.


1513

George Blaurock arrived in Leipzig to study at the University of Leipzig. Academic life did not suit him, however. Within 3 years George was working as a priest in Trins, Switzerland.


1527

20 May 1527
Hans Hergot, a printer and book peddler from Nuremberg, was executed. He had written a book entitled Concerning the New Changes in Christian Life which proposed a restructuring of society along more biblical and egalitarian lines. He had also been Thomas Muntzer's printer in Nuremberg.





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