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Martha Baerts, an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, was secretly beheaded on 20 November 1560 in the [[Gravensteen, Het (Ghent, Belgium)|Gravensteen castle]] at [[Ghent (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Ghent]], [[Belgium|Belgium]], with Soetken van den Houtte and [[Lynken Pieters (ca. 1535-1560)|Lynken Pieters]]. Martha was a native of [[Oudenaarden (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Oudenaerde]] in Flanders. [[Braght, Tieleman Jansz van (1625-1664)|Van Braght's]] <em>[[Martyrs' Mirror]]</em> gives her name simply as Martha, and erroneously gives 27 November as the date of her death. | Martha Baerts, an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, was secretly beheaded on 20 November 1560 in the [[Gravensteen, Het (Ghent, Belgium)|Gravensteen castle]] at [[Ghent (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Ghent]], [[Belgium|Belgium]], with Soetken van den Houtte and [[Lynken Pieters (ca. 1535-1560)|Lynken Pieters]]. Martha was a native of [[Oudenaarden (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Oudenaerde]] in Flanders. [[Braght, Tieleman Jansz van (1625-1664)|Van Braght's]] <em>[[Martyrs' Mirror]]</em> gives her name simply as Martha, and erroneously gives 27 November as the date of her death. | ||
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| − | Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>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</em>. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685 | + | Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>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</em>. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 277. |
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: 646. Available online at: [http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/contents.htm]. | 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: 646. Available online at: [http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/contents.htm]. | ||
Revision as of 01:17, 21 December 2014
Martha Baerts, an Anabaptist martyr, was secretly beheaded on 20 November 1560 in the Gravensteen castle at Ghent, Belgium, with Soetken van den Houtte and Lynken Pieters. Martha was a native of Oudenaerde in Flanders. Van Braght's Martyrs' Mirror gives her name simply as Martha, and erroneously gives 27 November as the date of her death.
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, 277.
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: 646. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/contents.htm.
Verheyden, A. L. E. Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595). Brugge: De Tempel, (1946): 27, No. 76.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. III, 44.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1957 |
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Martha Baerts (d. 1560)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 16 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Martha_Baerts_(d._1560)&oldid=129986.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1957). Martha Baerts (d. 1560). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Martha_Baerts_(d._1560)&oldid=129986.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 514. All rights reserved.
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