Furoris Anabaptistici Monasterium inclytam Westphaliae metropolim evertentis historica narratio

Name:

Kerssenbroch, Hermann von, approximately 1520-1585

Timespan:

1517-1648

Date:

1700

Description:

A history of the Anabaptist presence in Münster during the early 16th century, especially focusing on the 1534 rebellion. Kerssenbroch focuses primarily on the military and political developments rather than merely on religious aspects of the Anabaptists. In the process, he gives a brief history of Munster, and also describes the city, its people, and its customs. Although Kerssenbroch attempts to appear impartial and unbiased, his pro-Catholic biases are made very clear through scathing remarks towards the Anabaptists, as well as towards Lutherans. Kerssenbroch's narrative consists predominately of his own experiences, the published accounts of others, and some oral accounts from loyal acquaintances (f. 1r). Includes portions of documents translated by Kerssenbroch related to the rebellion, such as the prince-bishop's correspondence. Includes two notes - one with some figures, and the other with the remnant of a wax seal.

Language:

Latin; Greek, Modern (1453-)

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Henry Charles Lea (bookplate, inside upper cover; inscription dated 1886, f. i recto).; Lea, Henry Charles, 1825-1909, former owner.

Subject:

Anabaptists -- Germany -- Münster in Westfalen -- History; Anabaptists; History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); histories (literary genre); polemics; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

370 leaves : paper; 330 x 210 mm + 2 notes

Geographic Subject:

Münster in Westfalen (Germany) -- History; Germany -- History -- 1517-1648; Germany; Germany -- Münster in Westfalen

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Teacher and historian who lived in Münster until 1533 and wrote this account about thirty years after the 1534 rebellion.; Title from title page (f. i recto).; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-2r: Candidis lectoribus salutem.; Table of contents: 2. f.2v: Caput Primum: in quo ostenditur, respublicas a deo everti propter flagitia.; Table of contents: 3. f.2v- 4v: Caput Secundum: Monasteriensis urbis initia describens.; Table of contents: 4. f.4v-6r: Caput Tertium: de situ urbis ac natura loci, hominumque.; Table of contents: 5. f.6r-8r: Caput Quartum: de munitionibus urbis.; Table of contents: 6. f.8v-22r: Caput Quintum: templorum urbis descriptiones continens.; Table of contents: 7. f.22r-27v: Caput Sextum: de locis aedificiisque publicis ac privatis deque munditie urbis, et moribus quibusdam.; Table of contents: 8. f.27v-28v: Caput Septum: de duplici in urbe judicio.; Table of contents: 9. f.29r-34v: Caput Octavum: de divisione incolarum urbis.; Table of contents: 10. f.34v-38v: Caput Nonum: de ostentis et prodigiis quae Westphalicos motus et urbis Monasteriensis excidium praedicentini.; Table of contents: 11. f.38v-46r: Anno 1524 et ab 1525 acta.; Table of contents: 12. f.46r-47r: Anno 1526.; Table of contents: 13. f.47r-50r: Anno 1527 acta.; Table of contents: 14. f.50r-54v: Anno 1531 acta.; Table of contents: 15. f.54v-179r: Anno 1532 acta.; Table of contents: 16. f.179r-238r: Annus 1533.; Table of contents: 17. f.238r-320v: Annus 1534.; Table of contents: 18. f.320v-345v: Annus 1535.; Table of contents: 19. f.345v-368v: Annus 1536 [-1553].; Foliation: Paper, 370 leaves; [i], 1-78, 80-176, 178-222, [xlvii], 280-294, [i], 296-297, [i], 299, [i], 301, [8], 310-311, [ii], 314-316, [i], 318-320, [i], 322, [i], 324-325, [i], 327, [i], 329, [iii], 333, [ii], 335-336, [iii], 340, [ii], 343, [i], 345, [i], 347-349, [i], 352-353, [iv], 358, [xxi], 369, [i] on upper right recto. Contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto. Modern foliation (1-369) in pencil, lower right recto. References in record are to modern foliation.; Script: Written in an italic cursive script.; Binding: Leather and paper (rebound).; Watermark: Initials I D M (f. i); initials I V A S (f. 1). A third watermark too faint to decipher appears in a majority of the book (example on f. 3).; Origin: Written in Germany, circa 1700 (Zacour-Hirsch).; Incipit: Quamvis viri doctissimi tam ligata quam soluta oratione latine germanice de furore anabaptistici, qui monasterium inclitam totious Saxoniae... (f. 1r). Explicit: Faxit deus optimus maximus ut ad gloriam nominis sui et reipublicae tranquillitatem quam diutissime utantur. (f. 369v).; Latin, with a few technical terms in Greek.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1208