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Janneken (d. 1571)Janneken, an Anabaptist martyr, the wife of Dirk van Wesel was arrested with him and ten others 11 March 1571 at Deventer, Dutch province of Overijssel, where she was burned at the stake between 24 May and 16 June 1571. BibliographyBraght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, …, 1685: Part II, 552 ff. Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 885. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm. Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1919): 29-37. 
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