Tanneken van der Meulen (d. 1569)

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Tanneken van der Meulen, an Anabaptist martyr, was executed at the Vrijdagsmarkt in Ghent, Belgium, on 22 December 1569, by burning at the stake after being strangled. Particulars are lacking. Jaecxken van Hussele and Jaecxken Teerlings died with her as martyrs. She is commemorated in the hymn "Alsmen schreef duyst vijfhondert jaer ende twee en tsestich mede," found in the <em>Lietboecxken</em>.

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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: 759. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.

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Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1959

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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Tanneken van der Meulen (d. 1569)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 25 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Tanneken_van_der_Meulen_(d._1569)&oldid=78017.

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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1959). Tanneken van der Meulen (d. 1569). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 25 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Tanneken_van_der_Meulen_(d._1569)&oldid=78017.



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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 684. All rights reserved.


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