James M. Stayer (born 1935) is a historian specializing in the

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, particularly the anabaptist movement. He is also a

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at Queen's University in Kingston,

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, Canada. Born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Stayer received his PhD from

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in 1964. After teaching at

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, Bridgewater College and

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, he moved to Canada in 1968 to teach at Queen's University. He became a Canadian citizen in 1977.

Bibliography

*''Anabaptists and the Sword'' (1972, 1976) *''The Anabaptists and Thomas Müntzer'' (1980) (co-edited with Werner O. Packull) *''The German Peasants' War and Anabaptist Community of Goods'' (1991, 1994) *''Martin Luther, German saviour: German evangelical theological factions and the interpretation of Luther, 1917–1933'' (2000) *''Radikalität und Dissent im 16. Jahrhundert/Radicalism and Dissent in the Sixteenth Century'' (2002) (co-edited with Hans-Jürgen Goertz) * "A Companion to Anabaptism and Spiritualism, 1521–1700" (2007) (co-edited with John D. Roth)

References

Living people 1935 births People from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania American emigrants to Canada 20th-century Canadian historians Canadian male non-fiction writers Reformation historians Cornell University alumni Academic staff of Queen's University at Kingston Bridgewater College alumni Bridgewater College faculty 21st-century Canadian historians {{Canada-historian-stub