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Jerrad A. Peters is an independent historian and writer. He makes his home in Canada — mostly. His current research will be published as From Gods & Beasts: Origin Myths of Europe’s Royal Bloodlines (McFarland, 2026).
Jerrad A. Peters takes the reader on a spontaneous walking tour — a wandering — of late-Medieval and Early-Modern Flanders. Along the way, he introduces the period’s major figures, key ideas, and iconic artworks into the oftentimes restrictive story of the region’s nascent Anabaptist movements.
THE WAY BACK HOME: WANDERING THE RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION OF THE FIRST FLEMISH ANABAPTISTS
“...drawing upon painstaking archival research in Belgium and the Netherlands and inspired episodes of imaginative reconstruction, Peters illuminates a vibrant moment...”
“Are you paying attention? Do you understand?”
“What is going on here?” The writer asks much of his readers in these pages, inviting them to see him, hear him, and understand him amidst the grief, despicability, and thoughtfulness of major depressive disorder. This is a despairing narrative, anchored tenuously to reality by music, literature, and film. Hope flickers; COVID complicates.
SO OLD A PAIN: DEPRESSION IN FRAGMENTS