Monthly Archives: November 2014

AN AUTHOR OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ON THE LIFE OF THE HUTTERIAN BRETHREN

Written by: Paul Wipf on Monday, November 10th, 2014

[By HANS JAKOB CHRISTOPH GRIMELSHAUSEN]                                                   Hans Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen (1621-17 August 1676), author of the famous novel, Der abenteuerliche Simplizissimus, published in 1668. In book V, chapter 19, he gives a remarkable picture of "Hungarian Anabaptists" and their communal way of living, and there can be no doubt that Hutterite colonies in Slovakia are thus portrayed. To him it was almost like Utopia come true.

"Finally I recognize from all my st....