Sex, Blasphemy, and the Block: The Trial and Execution of Ludwig Hätzer
Article | Contributor(s): Geoffrey Dipple
In early 1529, the Protestant authorities of Constance executed Ludwig Hätzer for disobedience and moral depravity. Although the court documents avoided any reference to his religious teachings, contemporaries speculated about the role that perceptions—that he was an Anabaptist who espoused...