Focsen, Adriaen Antheunis (d. 1535)
Adriaen Antheunis Focsen (Foksen, not Focpen as it is sometimes written), a schoolteacher, was one of the Anabaptist <em>Naaktloopers</em> (people who went naked through the streets for religious reasons) at Amsterdam, and was sentenced to death by beheading on 25 February 1535.
Bibliography
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1917): 117, No. 63.
Verhooren en Vonissen der Wederdoopers, betrokken bij de aanslagen op Amsterdam in 1534 en 1535, in Bijdragen en Mededeelingen van het Historisch Genootschap, vol. XLI. Amsterdam, 1920: 57-58.
Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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Date Published | 1956 |
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