Introduction; Part A Historiography; Chapter 1 The Early Reformation in Germany between Deconstruction and Reconstruction; Chapter 2 The Reformation and Modern Political Economy: Luther and Gaismair Compared; Chapter 3 The German Peasants' War and the 'Crisis of Feudalism': Reflections on a Neglected Theme; Chapter 4 The German Peasants' War of 1525 and the English Peasants' Revolt of 1381: A Comparison of Peasant and Urban Participation; Chapter 5 The Collective Response of Women to Early Reforming Preaching: Four Small Communities and their Preachers Compared; Chapter 6 Why was there no Reformation in Freiburg im Breisgau?; Part C Radicals in the Reformation; Chapter 7 The Problem of Heresy in the German Reformation; Chapter 8 Hubmaier, Schappeler, and Hergot on Social Revolution; Chapter 9 Johannes Agricola's Ein nutzlicher Dialogus as a Source for the Peasants' War in Central Germany ; Chapter 10 Müntzer and the Mustard-Seed: A Parable as Paradox?; Afterword;