This compendium, a labour of love by its two authors, brings together all the known writings by, on, or ascribed to Thomas Müntzer from the early Reformation years to the present day. After an introductory essay on Müntzer by Günter Vogler, the volume is divided into five parts. It begins with the works of Müntzer himself (published, with frontispieces, unpublished, or ascribed). Under this heading the surviving correspondence to or from Müntzer is appended. Then come writings on Müntzer himself from 1519 to 1794, in chronological order, accompanied by an alphabetical list of short titles. Next, writings from 1795 to 2012 are listed alphabetically, but with a chronological short-title list appended. This, the longest section and the one which reveals the range and intensity of scholarship on Müntzer, is remarkable for including references to Müntzer scattered in other more general works on the Reformation, and for listing encyclopaedia articles. The majority of works are in German or English, but the fair number of French, Italian, and Spanish titles is also registered, as well as essays in Slavic languages. In some cases reviews of these works are included, but it would have been a hopeless task to aim for comprehensive coverage. Then the copious literary and musical works on Müntzer are catalogued, though depictions of Müntzer in the visual arts, in sculpture, or in the media are understandably excluded. (Readers should note that among the volumes published by the Thomas-Müntzer-Gesellschaft there are studies on Müntzer in the visual arts [vols x, xiii], on coins and medals [vol. xvii], and on film and television [vol. xviii].) Finally, the production of Japan's veritable cottage industry of Müntzer studies is separately listed in German transcription, compiled by the late Shinzo Tanaka. A thirty-page index of names enables rapid location of authors. This compendium will be of immense value to scholars of the Radical Reformation. It is only to be regretted that the volume has appeared as we still await publication of the last of the three volumes of sources on Müntzer's career in a modern critical edition, namely volume i, which will contain Müntzer's own writings.
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