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Johan Eberlin Von Günzburg's Wolfaria The First Protestant Utopia

Bibliographic Data

ID3603373
AuthorsSusan Groag Bell (corresponding author)
Year1967
Volume36
Issue2
Pages122-139
Publication date1967-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChurch History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3162450
OpenAlexW2117810758
LanguageDE
Citations received6
References cited1

It is now almost a century since a German theologian first discussed the life and work of Johan Eberlin von Günzburg, the Swabian folkpreacher who doffed his Franciscan habit to follow Luther. In the ensuing period, the published writings of this minor Reformation character have been submitted to microscopic analysis, pertaining to his theological, sociological, political and philological style by a variety of German scholars. So far, however, there has been no assessment of Johan Eberlin's significance against the background of Christian Humanism as it applied to the German Renaissance. With two recent exceptions there has been almost no reference to this fascinating figure in the Reformation literature available in the English language. I intend here to remedy this injustice and to throw some light on a personality of considerable historical interest by reviewing the internal evidence of his most important work-that part of his Fünfzehn Bundsgenossen (Fifteen Confederates) which comprises his utopia

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Unique citing works6
Citations per year0,15
Citation span1987 - 2024 (38)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 5

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