Jan de Nayer (ca. 1509-1536)
Jan de Nayer, a nickname of Jan van Leyden, found in V.P., Successio Anabaptistica (BRN VII, 86). The word Nayer means "stitcher," because the later king of Münster had originally been a tailor.
Bibliography
Cramer, Samuel and Fredrik Pijper. Bibliotheca Reformatoria Neerlandica. The Hague: M. Nijhoff, 1903-1914: VII, 86.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1957 |
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