Jannetgen Matthijsdochter (d. 1552?)

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Jannetgen (Janneken) Matthijsdochter, an Anabaptist martyr of whom there is only scarce and questionable information. She is not found in van Braght, <em>Martyrs' Mirror</em>. According to the sentence books, Jannetgen Matthijsdochter was sentenced at Leiden, Dutch province of South Holland, on 21 November 1552, to be drowned because of Anabaptism, but it is strange that her name is not found in the song "Eylaes, ick moch wel suchten Dat nu buert so groot ellent" (Alas, I must lament that now comes about so great misery), written by Adriaen Cornelisz to celebrate the death of some martyrs, who according to the sentence book were sentenced to death at the same date as Jannetgen Matthijsdochter. Nor is she found in another hymn celebrating some martyrs of Leiden of 1552, "Ick mag wel droeflijck singen, in desen tijt van noot" (I must sadly sing in this time of distress). Both hymns are found in the <em>Lietboecxken van den Offer des Heeren</em> of 1563 and following editions. Perhaps the puzzle of Jannetgen Matthijsdochter can be solved in assuming that her execution was for some reason postponed.

Bibliography

Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Herren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . . N.p., 1570: 578, note 1.


Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1957

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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Jannetgen Matthijsdochter (d. 1552?)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 16 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Jannetgen_Matthijsdochter_(d._1552%3F)&oldid=82647.

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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1957). Jannetgen Matthijsdochter (d. 1552?). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Jannetgen_Matthijsdochter_(d._1552%3F)&oldid=82647.



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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, pp. 89-90. All rights reserved.


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