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Hans van der Straeten (Straten) was an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, arrested at [[Antwerp (Belgium)|Antwerp]], and burned at the stake at [[Brussels (Belgium)|Brussels]], [[Belgium|Belgium]], on 28 March 1571. He was 31 years of age and had been married only six weeks when he was imprisoned. His wife, [[Tanneken van Mechelen (16th century)|Tanneken van den Broucke]], b. at Mechelen, 17 years of age, was arrested together with Hans. In prison when she was tried, she recanted and was put in a cloister at [[Breda (Noord-Brabant, Netherlands)|Breda]], in the [[Netherlands|Netherlands]], but soon managed to escape; then she traveled to [[Danzig (Poland)|Danzig]] in [[Prussia|Prussia]], where she joined the Flemish Mennonite Church. Hans belonged to a family that had many "heretics," some of whom joined the Mennonites and died as martyrs; a brother of Hans, [[Martin van der Straten (1534-1572)|Martin van der Straeten]], was executed at [[Ghent (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Ghent]] in 1572, and their father [[Joost van der Straten (d. 1571)|Josse]] (Joost) suffered martyrdom for his faith in [[Antwerp (Belgium)|Antwerp]] in 1571. | Hans van der Straeten (Straten) was an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, arrested at [[Antwerp (Belgium)|Antwerp]], and burned at the stake at [[Brussels (Belgium)|Brussels]], [[Belgium|Belgium]], on 28 March 1571. He was 31 years of age and had been married only six weeks when he was imprisoned. His wife, [[Tanneken van Mechelen (16th century)|Tanneken van den Broucke]], b. at Mechelen, 17 years of age, was arrested together with Hans. In prison when she was tried, she recanted and was put in a cloister at [[Breda (Noord-Brabant, Netherlands)|Breda]], in the [[Netherlands|Netherlands]], but soon managed to escape; then she traveled to [[Danzig (Poland)|Danzig]] in [[Prussia|Prussia]], where she joined the Flemish Mennonite Church. Hans belonged to a family that had many "heretics," some of whom joined the Mennonites and died as martyrs; a brother of Hans, [[Martin van der Straten (1534-1572)|Martin van der Straeten]], was executed at [[Ghent (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium)|Ghent]] in 1572, and their father [[Joost van der Straten (d. 1571)|Josse]] (Joost) suffered martyrdom for his faith in [[Antwerp (Belgium)|Antwerp]] in 1571. | ||
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| − | Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde 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 | + | Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde 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: II, 540. |
<strong></strong>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: 875. Available online at: <span class="link-external">[http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm]</span>. | <strong></strong>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: 875. Available online at: <span class="link-external">[http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm]</span>. | ||
Revision as of 08:40, 19 December 2014
Hans van der Straeten (Straten) was an Anabaptist martyr, arrested at Antwerp, and burned at the stake at Brussels, Belgium, on 28 March 1571. He was 31 years of age and had been married only six weeks when he was imprisoned. His wife, Tanneken van den Broucke, b. at Mechelen, 17 years of age, was arrested together with Hans. In prison when she was tried, she recanted and was put in a cloister at Breda, in the Netherlands, but soon managed to escape; then she traveled to Danzig in Prussia, where she joined the Flemish Mennonite Church. Hans belonged to a family that had many "heretics," some of whom joined the Mennonites and died as martyrs; a brother of Hans, Martin van der Straeten, was executed at Ghent in 1572, and their father Josse (Joost) suffered martyrdom for his faith in Antwerp in 1571.
Bibliography
Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde 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: II, 540.
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: 875. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Verheyden, A. L. E. Le Martyrologe Courtraisien et la Martyrologe Bruxellois. Vilvorde : R. Allecourt, 1950: 101, No. 147.
Verheyden, A. L. E. Het Gentsche Martyrologium (1530-1595). Brugge: De Tempel, 1946: 60.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1956 |
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Hans van der Straeten (1540?-1571)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hans_van_der_Straeten_(1540%3F-1571)&oldid=129208.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1956). Hans van der Straeten (1540?-1571). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hans_van_der_Straeten_(1540%3F-1571)&oldid=129208.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 652. All rights reserved.
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