Lysbeth Jansdochter (d. 1535)

Lysbeth Jansdochter, an Anabaptist martyr from Benschop, Dutch province of Utrecht, probably a sister of Adriana Jans, was drowned on 15 May 1535, at Amsterdam with six other women. They were in prison already on 1 March of that year.

Bibliography

Braght, 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, 413.

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: 764. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.

Mellink, Albert F. De Wederdopers in de noordelijke Nederlanden 1531-1544. Groningen: J.B. Wolters, 1954: 144.

Author(s)	Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published	1957

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