The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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John of Leiden (1509 - 1536)

Dutch Anabaptist leader and prophet. He moved to Münster where he declared himself king of a millenarian theocracy. Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Leiden Relevant locations: Lived at or near Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia
 References in Documents:
Consolidated catalogue of 1695: The Book of the Vice-Chancellor (MacGregor, ed.) Johannes von Leiden, King of Münster.