Returning from the Mennonite World Conference assembly in Indonesia, I carry with me the friendly and colorful “Ayo” welcome. Here
Astrid von Schlachta
Astrid von Schlachta of Weierhof, Germany, is head of the Mennonite Research Center and lecturer at the University of Regensburg. As a historian, she has published widely on the history of Anabaptism, Pietism and the Estates in the Early Modern period. She is a member of the Mennonite congregation in Regensburg and on the board of the Associated Mennonite Churches in Germany (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Mennonitischer Gemeinden in Deutschland).
“The peasants went into battle with enthusiasm but were finally defeated by the well-ordered war power of the princes, who
