A detatailed and well written account of this group of Anabaptists. The oldest and largest communal society in North America, the Hutterites--Anabaptists of German origin, like the Amish, Mennonites, and Brethren--have long been the subject of scholarly study and popular curiosity. Werner Packull tells the comprehensive story of the Hutterite beginnings in their original homelands--particularly in Tyrol and Moravia--and discovers important relationships among early Anabaptist sects.About the Author: Werner O. Packull is a professor of history at Conrad Grebel College, University of Waterloo, Ontario. He is the author of Rereading Anabaptist Beginnings and Mysticism and the Early South German-Austrian Anabaptist Movement, 1525-1531.