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Westland (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)Westland, a district in the Dutch province of South Holland, south of The Hague, where in the fall of 1535 and early 1536 fanatical Anabaptism was active in the villages of Terheide, Naaldwijk, and Poeldijk. At the end of February 1536 a meeting of these revolutionary chiliasts in the house of Jutte Eeuwouts at Poeldijk was surprised by the police. For particulars see Jutte Eeuwouts and Poeldijk. After this there are no traces of Anabaptism in the Westland. Bibliographyvan Bergen, E. "De Wederdoopers in het Westland." Bijdragen voor de Geschiedenis van het Bisdom HaarÂlem. XXVIII (1903): 269-88. 
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 935. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website. ©1996-2012 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved. To cite this page: MLA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Westland (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 26 May 2012. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/westland. APA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1959). Westland (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 26 May 2012, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/westland. Document Actions |
