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| − | [[File:mm-bk2-p271.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Drowning of Leonard Pluvier, Jannetje, and Marietje van Aken, Antwerp, 1560. <br /> | + | [[File:mm-bk2-p271.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Drowning of Leonard Pluvier, Jannetje, and Marietje van Aken, Antwerp, 1560.<br /> |
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Maeyken de Hont (Hondt), an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, drowned in a tub or wine-cask on 4 April 1560 within the Steen castle at [[Antwerp (Belgium)|Antwerp]], [[Belgium|Belgium]], with Janneken Eghels ([[Janneken van Aken (d. 1560)|Janneken van Aken]]) and[[Lenaert Plovier (d. 1560)| Lenaert Plovier]]. She was a daughter of Jan de Hont. In the Dutch martyrbooks, where no exact date of the execution is given, she is called Maeyken (Mayken) van Aken. Her name is found in the hymn "Aenhoort, Godt, hemelsche Vader" (Hear, O God, heavenly Father) of the <em>[[Lietboecxken, tracterende van den Offer des Heeren, Een|Lietboecxken van den Offer des Heeren]] </em>(hymn No. 16). | Maeyken de Hont (Hondt), an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, drowned in a tub or wine-cask on 4 April 1560 within the Steen castle at [[Antwerp (Belgium)|Antwerp]], [[Belgium|Belgium]], with Janneken Eghels ([[Janneken van Aken (d. 1560)|Janneken van Aken]]) and[[Lenaert Plovier (d. 1560)| Lenaert Plovier]]. She was a daughter of Jan de Hont. In the Dutch martyrbooks, where no exact date of the execution is given, she is called Maeyken (Mayken) van Aken. Her name is found in the hymn "Aenhoort, Godt, hemelsche Vader" (Hear, O God, heavenly Father) of the <em>[[Lietboecxken, tracterende van den Offer des Heeren, Een|Lietboecxken van den Offer des Heeren]] </em>(hymn No. 16). | ||
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Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>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</em>. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 270. | Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>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</em>. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 270. | ||
| − | Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>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.</em> Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 641. Available online at: | + | Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>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.</em> Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 641. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm. |
Génard, P. <em>Antwerpsch archievenblad</em>: IX, 7, 12; XIV, 28 f., No. 317. | Génard, P. <em>Antwerpsch archievenblad</em>: IX, 7, 12; XIV, 28 f., No. 317. | ||
Revision as of 02:11, 3 December 2016
Engraving by Jan Luiken in Martyrs' Mirror, v. 2, p. 271 of Dutch edition.
Source: Rijksmuseum.
Maeyken de Hont (Hondt), an Anabaptist martyr, drowned in a tub or wine-cask on 4 April 1560 within the Steen castle at Antwerp, Belgium, with Janneken Eghels (Janneken van Aken) and Lenaert Plovier. She was a daughter of Jan de Hont. In the Dutch martyrbooks, where no exact date of the execution is given, she is called Maeyken (Mayken) van Aken. Her name is found in the hymn "Aenhoort, Godt, hemelsche Vader" (Hear, O God, heavenly Father) of the Lietboecxken van den Offer des Heeren (hymn No. 16).
Bibliography
Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Herren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . . N.p., 1570: 567 f.
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, 270.
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: 641. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Génard, P. Antwerpsch archievenblad: IX, 7, 12; XIV, 28 f., No. 317.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 711.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1957 |
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Maeyken de Hont (d. 1560)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 16 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Maeyken_de_Hont_(d._1560)&oldid=141572.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1957). Maeyken de Hont (d. 1560). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Maeyken_de_Hont_(d._1560)&oldid=141572.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 439. All rights reserved.
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