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| − | Aeltgen (or Alijdt) Wouters, of [[Asperen (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Asperen]], an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, was drowned at [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]]on 21 May 1535 <em>([[Martyrs' Mirror|Martyrs Mir]]</em>[[Martyrs' Mirror|<em>ror</em>]] incorrectly says 15 May), because she had been rebaptized (by [[Gerrit van Benschop (d. 1535)|Gherijt Ghijsen]] of [[Benschop (Utrecht, Netherlands)|Benschop]]) and had joined the "sect and heresy of the Anabaptists." On the same day ten other women, along with Aeltgen, were subjected to the cruel death of drowning. Aeltgen was one of the group who had gone from Amsterdam to [[Bergklooster (Overijssel, Netherlands)|Bergklooster]]<em>. </em> | + | Aeltgen (or Alijdt) Wouters, of [[Asperen (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Asperen]], an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, was drowned at [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]]on 21 May 1535 <em>([[Martyrs' Mirror|Martyrs Mir]]</em>[[Martyrs' Mirror|<em>ror</em>]] incorrectly says 15 May), because she had been rebaptized (by [[Gerrit van Benschop (d. 1535)|Gherijt Ghijsen]] of [[Benschop (Utrecht, Netherlands)|Benschop]]) and had joined the "sect and heresy of the Anabaptists." On the same day ten other women, along with Aeltgen, were subjected to the cruel death of drowning. Aeltgen was one of the group who had gone from Amsterdam to [[Bergklooster (Overijssel, Netherlands)|Bergklooster]]<em>. </em> |
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Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde 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, 413. | Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde 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, 413. | ||
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<em class="gameo_bibliography">Verhooren en Vonissen der Wederdoopers, betrokken bij de aanslagen op Amsterdam in 1534 en 1535</em>, in <em class="gameo_bibliography">Bijdragen en Mededeelingen van het Historisch Genootschap</em> XLI (Amsterdam, 1920):<em class="gameo_bibliography"> </em>69, 70, 140. | <em class="gameo_bibliography">Verhooren en Vonissen der Wederdoopers, betrokken bij de aanslagen op Amsterdam in 1534 en 1535</em>, in <em class="gameo_bibliography">Bijdragen en Mededeelingen van het Historisch Genootschap</em> XLI (Amsterdam, 1920):<em class="gameo_bibliography"> </em>69, 70, 140. | ||
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Aeltgen (or Alijdt) Wouters, of Asperen, an Anabaptist martyr, was drowned at Amsterdamon 21 May 1535 (Martyrs Mir<em>ror</em> incorrectly says 15 May), because she had been rebaptized (by Gherijt Ghijsen of Benschop) and had joined the "sect and heresy of the Anabaptists." On the same day ten other women, along with Aeltgen, were subjected to the cruel death of drowning. Aeltgen was one of the group who had gone from Amsterdam to Bergklooster.
Bibliography
Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde 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/contents.htm.
Verhooren en Vonissen der Wederdoopers, betrokken bij de aanslagen op Amsterdam in 1534 en 1535, in Bijdragen en Mededeelingen van het Historisch Genootschap XLI (Amsterdam, 1920): 69, 70, 140.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1955 |
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Aeltgen Wouters (d. 1535)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1955. Web. 19 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Aeltgen_Wouters_(d._1535)&oldid=74528.
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1955). Aeltgen Wouters (d. 1535). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 19 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Aeltgen_Wouters_(d._1535)&oldid=74528.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 19. All rights reserved.
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