Q (novel) - Historical Characters and Events

Historical Characters and Events

German Peasants' War

  • Thomas Müntzer – Reformation pastor and Anabaptist;
  • Martin Bucer – Protestant reformer;
  • Wolfgang Fabricius Capito – German reformer;
  • Martin Borrhaus (Cellarius) – Unitarianist refomer;
  • 15 May 1525 - Battle of Frankenhausen
  • Hans Hut Anabaptist bookseller

Münster Rebellion

  • Jan van Leiden – Münster rebellion Anabaptist leader and King
  • Jan Matthys – anabaptist leader and alleged prophet
  • Melchior Hoffman – Anabaptist prophet
  • Bernhard Rothmann – Anabaptist theologian
  • Franz von Waldeck – prince-bishop of Münster and army chief in the siege of the city
  • Bernhard Knipperdolling – guild leader in Münster city council and Anabaptist leader
  • Bernhard Krechting – guild leader in Münster city council and Anabaptist leader
  • Heinrich Krechting
  • Heinrich Gresbeck
  • John Trypmaker

Antwerp

  • Jan van Batenburg – revolutionary Anabaptist;
  • Anton Fugger – banker
  • Eloi Pruystinck – Reformation leader

Venice

  • João Miquez – merchant
  • Spirituali
  • Giovanni Pietro Carafa – cardinal, later Pope Paul IV
  • Reginald Pole – cardinal

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