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Bernhard KNIPPERDOLLING
Bernhard Knipperdolling (Bernd Knipperdollinck) (†1536), one of the leaders of the Münster Anabaptists. In 1532 he joined the movement of civic autonomy and Church reform. In 1534, after the Anabaptist take over of Münster, he was elected mayor of the city, in 1535 he was captured on the order of Franz von Waldeck, Bishop of Münster, together with Jan van Leiden and Bernhard Krechtinck. In January 1536, all three were publicly put to death (CE, vol. 2, p. 266) | |||||||||
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