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John of Leyden

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John of Leyden
original name Jan Bockelson. ?1509--36, Dutch Anabaptist leader. He established a theocracy in M?nster (1534) but was tortured to death after the city was recaptured (1535) by its prince bishop


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Marcus claims that a wavery but unbroken line at least two millennia old connects a startling variety of extravagant religious, literary, and musical expressions: "Little Richard's glossolalia could be traced back thousands of years to gnostic chants that moved through time till they became the sort of prayers offered by mystics like John of Leyden, after which they found their way into Pentecostal churches, where Little Richard learned the language of "Tutti Frutti'" (93).
 
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