The son of a prosperous peasant, he studied music, scholastic philosophy, and humanistic subjects, and was deeply influenced by Erasmus.
The son of a prosperous peasant, he studied music, scholastic philosophy, and humanistic subjects, and was deeply influenced by Erasmus. As a priest in Glarus, he accompanied troops as chaplain on various Italian campaigns, becoming convinced that the mercenary system was a great evil. Trouble developed with the bishop of Constance in 1522 when several of his associates ate meat on a fast day. Moreover, he married and thus broke his priestly vow of celibacy. FTP identify this man who met Luther at Marburg, and was killed on the battlefield at Kappel, whose Sixty-seven Articles for Disputation became a basic doctrinal document for the Swiss reformed church.
The son of a prosperous peasant, he studied music, scholastic philosophy, and humanistic subjects, and was deeply influenced by Erasmus.
Ulrich (Huldreich) Zwingli