The Golden Years of the Hutterites: The Witness and Thought of the Communal Moravian Anabaptists During the Walpot Era, 1565-1578 (Studies in Anabaptist and Mennonite History Volume 23)

This book presents a wealth of new material on the second generation of the Hutterites (1565-1578) . The author has pieced together many previously unknown historical details gathered from unpublished sources in Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Rumania, Switzerland, Canada, and the United States.. "This volume gives a full and comprehensive account of the Hutterite Movement during the second generation of its existence. ... Gross's conversancy with the sources, both primary and secondary, is impressive."- Hans J. Hillerbrand, in Church History (1985) . "The Golden Years of the Hutterites ... covers the years 1565-78 in masterful fashion. It is written the way history ought to be written."- Walter A. Elwell, in Christianity Today (1981) . " ... a welcome contribution to the Anabaptist story of the 16th century."- Walter Klaassen, in the Mennonite Reporter (1981) . Leonard Gross, consulting archivist at the Archives of the Mennonite Church, served as executive secretary of the Historical Committee of the Mennonite Church and director of its archives and and historical research program during 1970-1990. He studied as a Fullbright Scholar at the University of Basel, where he completed doctoral studies in church history, general history, and New Testament. Gross has published articles and essays in many North American and European journals and books, as well as translations of texts from German to English