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− | + | Martijnken (Martijntgen) Meere, an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, was burnt at the stake on 19 August 1573 at the Vrijdagsmarkt at [[Ghent (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Ghent]], Belgium, with two other women. Martijnken, the sister of the martyr [[Calleken Meere (d. 1573)|Calleken Meere]], was a native of Wyncle in Flanders and unmarried. These three women were gagged to prevent them from speaking to the crowd gathered around the execution place. This fact or something else displeased the bystanders, and they nearly created a riot. Soldiers then began to clear the market place. | |
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− | Verheyden, A. L. E. | + | Verheyden, A. L. E. ''Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595)''. Brugge: De Tempel, 1946: 64 f., No. 229. |
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Martijnken (Martijntgen) Meere, an Anabaptist martyr, was burnt at the stake on 19 August 1573 at the Vrijdagsmarkt at Ghent, Belgium, with two other women. Martijnken, the sister of the martyr Calleken Meere, was a native of Wyncle in Flanders and unmarried. These three women were gagged to prevent them from speaking to the crowd gathered around the execution place. This fact or something else displeased the bystanders, and they nearly created a riot. Soldiers then began to clear the market place.
Bibliography
Verheyden, A. L. E. Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595). Brugge: De Tempel, 1946: 64 f., No. 229.
Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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Date Published | 1957 |
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Martijinken Meere (d. 1573)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Martijinken_Meere_(d._1573)&oldid=161391.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1957). Martijinken Meere (d. 1573). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Martijinken_Meere_(d._1573)&oldid=161391.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 514. All rights reserved.
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