Rivageois
Rivageois, the inhabitants of Jemeppe and other villages of the Meuse River, south of Liége, Belgium, who in 1531 rebelled against the government of the Catholic bishop of Liége. This revolt is often said to have been a result of the rise of Anabaptism in this area, but there is no indication of Anabaptist origin. The rebellion of the Rivageois was merely an economic protest.
Bibliography
Bax, Willem. Het protestantisme in het bisdom Luik en vooral te Maastricht I. The Hague, 1937: 10 f.
Meyhoffer, J. Le Martyrologe Protestant. Brussels, 1907: 149.
Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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Date Published | 1959 |
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Rivageois." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 5 Sep 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Rivageois&oldid=119781.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1959). Rivageois. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 5 September 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Rivageois&oldid=119781.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 345. All rights reserved.
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