Heinrich Gresbeck, also known as Henry Gresbeck, was a carpenter who was living in the city of Münster in 1534 when the

Münster Rebellion Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state distr ...

began. He wrote the only eyewitness account of events ''within'' the city for the fifteen months duration of the rebellion, and played a key role in the recapture of the city by guiding the siege forces of

Franz von Waldeck Count Franz von Waldeck (1491 – 15 July 1553) was Prince-Bishop of Münster, Osnabrück, and Minden in the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle of the Holy Roman Empire. He suppressed the Münster Rebellion, a millenarian Anabaptist theocra ...

, Bishop of Münster, inside the fortress gates. For these actions Gresbeck has been described in various texts as a "convert", "traitor", "collaborator", "deserter", "chronicler", and "disgruntled city refugee".

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"False Prophets and Preachers: ''Henry Gresbeck’s Account of the Anabaptist Kingdom of Münster''"
��by Heinrich Gresbeck, translated and edited by Christopher S. Mackay ::: published b
Truman State University Press
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Gresbeck, Heinrich (16th century)
article in the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO.org) ::: sourced from ''Mennonitisches Lexikon'', 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 172. *"A Companion to Anabaptism and Spiritualism, 1521-1700"—edited by John Roth, James Stayer ::: published by

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-- *"The Tailor King: ''The Rise and Fall of the Anabaptist Kingdom of Munster''"—by Anthony Arthur ::: published by

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-- *"Messiahs and Messianic Movements through 1899"—by Roland H. Worth, Jr.
page 118
::: published by

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-- *"Narrative of the Anabaptist Madness (2 vols): ''The Overthrow of Münster, the Famous Metropolis of Westphalia''"—by Hermann von Kerssenbrock, translated by Christopher S. Mackay ::: published by BRILL -- *"The Radical Reformation, 3rd edition"—by George Huntston Williams ::: published by Truman State University Press -- *''Day of Wrath (Dies Irae)'' in "A History of the Münster Anabaptists" (pp. 153–164) -- translated and edited by George von der Lippe and V. Reck-Malleczewen ::: published by Palgrave Macmillan -- -- DOI:
"The Anabaptist Commune of Münster 1534 -1535"
a sourced article on the All Empires Project
"Orgies and executions: It's mayhem in Münster"
an article written by Mike Stuchbery for The Local Europe GmbH. ---- ---- {{DEFAULTSORT:Gresbeck, Heinrich Christian radicalism History of Anabaptists History of Münster 16th-century German people German carpenters