Difference between revisions of "Doucher, Susanna (16th century)"

From GAMEO
Jump to navigation Jump to search
[checked revision][checked revision]
m (Email from Gregor Helms indicated that Susanna was not the wife of Adolf Doucher but the step-daughter, and was instead the wife of Hans Adolph Doucher; added bibliographical entries.)
 
(2 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
−
Susanna Doucher (Daucher, Ducher) was a member of the [[Augsburg (Freistaat Bayern, Germany)|Augsburg]] [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist ]]congregation, step-daughter of the Augsburg sculptor Adolf Doucher (Bode in <em>Jahrbuch der pr. Kunstsammlungen, </em>1887, No. 1; "Zur Augsburger Kunstgesch.," in <em>Zeitschrift des historischen Vereins für Schwaben und Neuburg, </em>1887, 95), and wife of Hans Adolph Doucher. She and her sister Maxencia Wisinger were baptized by a preacher named Thomas (probably Thomas Waldhausen) in the house of the lacemaker Huber. In their house in the Easter week of 1528 during the absence of her husband the last large meeting was held before the violent suppression of the Augsburg Anabaptists. This meeting was surprised, and the council had all those present who could not escape, 88 persons, arrested. Whereas in Augsburg those who permitted Anabaptist meetings to be held in their homes had their cheeks burned through with irons, Susanna Doucher as an expectant mother escaped this inhuman treatment, but was expelled from the city. What became of her is not known.
+
Susanna Doucher (Daucher, Ducher) was a member of the [[Augsburg (Freistaat Bayern, Germany)|Augsburg]] [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist ]]congregation, daughter-in-law of the Augsburg sculptor Adolf Doucher (ca. 1465, Ulm - 1523/24, Augsburg) (Bode in <em>Jahrbuch der pr. Kunstsammlungen, </em>1887, No. 1; "Zur Augsburger Kunstgesch.," in <em>Zeitschrift des historischen Vereins für Schwaben und Neuburg, </em>1887, 95), and wife of sculptor Hans Adolph Doucher (ca. 1488-1538, Augsburg). She and her sister Maxencia Wisinger were baptized by a preacher named Thomas (probably Thomas Waldhausen) in the house of the lacemaker Huber. In their house in the Easter week of 1528 during the absence of her husband the last large meeting was held before the violent suppression of the Augsburg Anabaptists. This meeting was surprised, and the council had all those present who could not escape, 88 persons, arrested. Whereas in Augsburg those who permitted Anabaptist meetings to be held in their homes had their cheeks burned through with irons, Susanna Doucher as an expectant mother escaped this inhuman treatment, but was expelled from the city. What became of her is not known.
 
= Bibliography =
 
= Bibliography =
 
Berthold, Martina. "Die Reformation in Augsburg am Beispiel der Susanna Daucher." In ''Lebensformen - Lebensräume für Frauen. Reformation als soziale Revolution?: Dokumentation der 19. Jahrestagung Miss Marples Schwestern - Netzwerk zur ... 13. - 15. Juni 2008 in Augsburg/ Stadtbergen,'' edited by Susanne Thoma. Berlin: Wirkstoff, 2009: 68ff.
 
Berthold, Martina. "Die Reformation in Augsburg am Beispiel der Susanna Daucher." In ''Lebensformen - Lebensräume für Frauen. Reformation als soziale Revolution?: Dokumentation der 19. Jahrestagung Miss Marples Schwestern - Netzwerk zur ... 13. - 15. Juni 2008 in Augsburg/ Stadtbergen,'' edited by Susanne Thoma. Berlin: Wirkstoff, 2009: 68ff.
Line 8: Line 8:
  
 
Roth, F. "Zur Geschichte der Wiedertäufer in Oberschwaben: III, Der Höhepunkt der wiedertäufer Bewegung in Augsburg und ihr Niedergang im Jahre 1528.” <em>Zeitschrift des historischen Vereins für Schwaben und Neuburg. </em>1901: 44, 52.
 
Roth, F. "Zur Geschichte der Wiedertäufer in Oberschwaben: III, Der Höhepunkt der wiedertäufer Bewegung in Augsburg und ihr Niedergang im Jahre 1528.” <em>Zeitschrift des historischen Vereins für Schwaben und Neuburg. </em>1901: 44, 52.
 +
 +
Oyer, John S. "Anabaptist Women Leaders in Augsburg." In ''Profiles of Anabaptist Women: Sixteenth-Century Reforming Pioneers'', edited by C. Arnold Snyder and Linda A. Huebert Hecht. Studies in Women and Religion = Études sur les femmes et la religion (Book 3). Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1996: 82-105.
 
{{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 2, p. 95|date=June 2014|a1_last=Hege|a1_first=Christian|a2_last=|a2_first=}}
 
{{GAMEO_footer|hp=Vol. 2, p. 95|date=June 2014|a1_last=Hege|a1_first=Christian|a2_last=|a2_first=}}
 
[[Category:Persons]]
 
[[Category:Persons]]

Latest revision as of 03:53, 19 June 2014

Susanna Doucher (Daucher, Ducher) was a member of the Augsburg Anabaptist congregation, daughter-in-law of the Augsburg sculptor Adolf Doucher (ca. 1465, Ulm - 1523/24, Augsburg) (Bode in Jahrbuch der pr. Kunstsammlungen, 1887, No. 1; "Zur Augsburger Kunstgesch.," in Zeitschrift des historischen Vereins für Schwaben und Neuburg, 1887, 95), and wife of sculptor Hans Adolph Doucher (ca. 1488-1538, Augsburg). She and her sister Maxencia Wisinger were baptized by a preacher named Thomas (probably Thomas Waldhausen) in the house of the lacemaker Huber. In their house in the Easter week of 1528 during the absence of her husband the last large meeting was held before the violent suppression of the Augsburg Anabaptists. This meeting was surprised, and the council had all those present who could not escape, 88 persons, arrested. Whereas in Augsburg those who permitted Anabaptist meetings to be held in their homes had their cheeks burned through with irons, Susanna Doucher as an expectant mother escaped this inhuman treatment, but was expelled from the city. What became of her is not known.

Bibliography

Berthold, Martina. "Die Reformation in Augsburg am Beispiel der Susanna Daucher." In Lebensformen - Lebensräume für Frauen. Reformation als soziale Revolution?: Dokumentation der 19. Jahrestagung Miss Marples Schwestern - Netzwerk zur ... 13. - 15. Juni 2008 in Augsburg/ Stadtbergen, edited by Susanne Thoma. Berlin: Wirkstoff, 2009: 68ff.

Hege, Christian and Christian Neff.  Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 470 f.

Helms, Gregor. "Susanna Doucher." Personal e-mail (20 May 2013, 18 June 2014).

Roth, F. "Zur Geschichte der Wiedertäufer in Oberschwaben: III, Der Höhepunkt der wiedertäufer Bewegung in Augsburg und ihr Niedergang im Jahre 1528.” Zeitschrift des historischen Vereins für Schwaben und Neuburg. 1901: 44, 52.

Oyer, John S. "Anabaptist Women Leaders in Augsburg." In Profiles of Anabaptist Women: Sixteenth-Century Reforming Pioneers, edited by C. Arnold Snyder and Linda A. Huebert Hecht. Studies in Women and Religion = Études sur les femmes et la religion (Book 3). Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1996: 82-105.


Author(s) Christian Hege
Date Published June 2014

Cite This Article

MLA style

Hege, Christian. "Doucher, Susanna (16th century)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. June 2014. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Doucher,_Susanna_(16th_century)&oldid=123237.

APA style

Hege, Christian. (June 2014). Doucher, Susanna (16th century). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Doucher,_Susanna_(16th_century)&oldid=123237.



Hpbuttns.png

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 95. All rights reserved.


©1996-2024 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.

Retrieved from "https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Doucher,_Susanna_(16th_century)&oldid=123237"