Griete Arentsdochter (d. 1534)

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Griete Arentsdochter (Grietje Arents), an Anabaptist martyr, was banished from Holland for having been (re) baptized, returned, and was arrested at Amsterdam. In the records she is said to have been an old sick and dull woman, refusing to recant. On 21 December 1534 she was sentenced to death by drowning because of heresy and disobedience to the public authorities. Griete was a native of Limmen near Alkmaar, Dutch province of North Holland, a center of ardent Anabaptism in 1533-1540.

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Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1956

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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Griete Arentsdochter (d. 1534)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 18 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Griete_Arentsdochter_(d._1534)&oldid=81438.

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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1956). Griete Arentsdochter (d. 1534). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Griete_Arentsdochter_(d._1534)&oldid=81438.



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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 580. All rights reserved.


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