Engelbert Dircxsoen (d. ca. 1534)
Engelbert Dircxsoen, a citizen of Haarlem, Dutch province of North Holland, and a weaver, was beheaded there about 1534, because he confessed, while being tortured, that he had been rebaptized. Further information is lacking.
Bibliography
Bijdragen en mededelingen van het Historisch Genootschap, Utrecht 41 (1920): 202-203.
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1917): 153.
Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam, 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: I, No. 750.
Mellink, Albert F. De Wederdopers in de noordelijke Nederlanden 1531-1544. Groningen: J.B. Wolters, 1954: 179.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 214. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
©1996-2013 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.
MLA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Engelbert Dircxsoen (d. ca. 1534)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 21 May 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/engelbert_dircxsoen_16th_century.
APA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1956). Engelbert Dircxsoen (d. ca. 1534). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 May 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/engelbert_dircxsoen_16th_century.
