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'''Anneke Esaiasdochter''' (also ''Anna Jansz'', ''Anneken Jans'' or ''Anneke van Rotterdam''; 1509–1539), was a Dutch [[Anabaptist]].
'''Anneke Esaiasdochter''' (also ''Anna Jansz'', ''Anneken Jans'' or ''Anneke van Rotterdam''; 1509–1539), was a Dutch [[Anabaptist]] executed as a [[heretic]] and at the time regarded as a [[Protestant]] [[martyr]].


==Life==
==Life==
Anna Jansz was born in [[Brielle]] on the Dutch island of Putten [[Voorne-Putten]] in 1509 or 1510. She was executed for [[heresy]] by drowning because of her connection to [[David Joris]] on 24 January 1539. She is the subject of [[poem]]s, a [[novel]] and was regarded in the [[propaganda]] as a [[Protestant]] [[martyr]]. A description of her martyrdom is the basis of song number 18 of the [[Ausbund]]. In the time of the [[Münster Rebellion]] between 1534 and 1536, she wrote the ''Trumpet Song'' (''Ick hoorde de Basuyne blasen''), a song influenced by the apocalyptic revolutionary spirit of the Dutch Anabaptist movement of the time, inspired by the writings of [[Bernhard Rothmann]]. The Trumpet Song was published for the first time in ''Een Geesteliick Liedt-Boecken'' by [[David Joris]] in 1539. She is the author of a "spiritual will", which was published in 1562.

Anna Jansz was born in [[Brielle]] on the Dutch island of [[Putten|Voorne-Putten]] in 1509 or 1510. She was executed for [[heresy]] by drowning due to her connection to [[David Joris]] on January 24, 1539. She is the subject of [[poem]]s, a [[novel]] and was regarded as a [[Protestant]] [[martyr]]. A description of her martyrdom is the basis of song number 18 of the [[Ausbund]]. In the time of the [[Münster Rebellion]] between 1534 and 1536, she wrote the ''Trumpet Song'' (''Ick hoorde de Basuyne blasen''), a song influenced by the apocalyptic revolutionary spirit of the Dutch Anabaptist movement of the time, inspired by the writings of [[Bernhard Rothmann]]. The Trumpet Song was published for the first time in ''Een Geesteliick Liedt-Boecken'' by [[David Joris]] in 1539. She is the author of a "spiritual will", which was published in 1562.


== References ==
== References ==
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== Further reading ==
== Further reading ==


* Werner O. Packull: ''Anna Jansz of Rotterdam'', in ''Profiles of Anabaptist Women: Sixteenth-Century Reforming Pioneers'', edited by C. Arnold Snyder, Linda A. Huebert Hecht. Waterloo, Ontario 1996. S. 336-351.
* Werner O. Packull: ''Anna Jansz of Rotterdam'', in ''Profiles of Anabaptist Women: Sixteenth-Century Reforming Pioneers'', edited by C. Arnold Snyder, Linda A. Huebert Hecht. Waterloo, Ontario 1996. S. 336–351.
* Werner O. Packull: ''Anna Jansz of Rotterdam, a Historical Investigation of an Early Anabaptist Heroine''. In: ''Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte'' 78 (1987), S. 147-173.
* Werner O. Packull: ''Anna Jansz of Rotterdam, a Historical Investigation of an Early Anabaptist Heroine''. In: ''Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte'' 78 (1987), S. 147–173.


== External links ==
== External links ==
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* Christian Neff, Nanne van der Zijpp: [http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/A5542.html Anneken Jans] in the [[Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online]]
* Christian Neff, Nanne van der Zijpp: [http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/A5542.html Anneken Jans] in the [[Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online]]


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Latest revision as of 16:11, 22 October 2024

Anna Jansz on the way to her execution, supposedly giving away her child, etching by Jan Luiken from the Martyrs Mirror, 1685

Anneke Esaiasdochter (also Anna Jansz, Anneken Jans or Anneke van Rotterdam; 1509–1539), was a Dutch Anabaptist executed as a heretic and at the time regarded as a Protestant martyr.

Life

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Anna Jansz was born in Brielle on the Dutch island of Putten Voorne-Putten in 1509 or 1510. She was executed for heresy by drowning because of her connection to David Joris on 24 January 1539. She is the subject of poems, a novel and was regarded in the propaganda as a Protestant martyr. A description of her martyrdom is the basis of song number 18 of the Ausbund. In the time of the Münster Rebellion between 1534 and 1536, she wrote the Trumpet Song (Ick hoorde de Basuyne blasen), a song influenced by the apocalyptic revolutionary spirit of the Dutch Anabaptist movement of the time, inspired by the writings of Bernhard Rothmann. The Trumpet Song was published for the first time in Een Geesteliick Liedt-Boecken by David Joris in 1539. She is the author of a "spiritual will", which was published in 1562.

References

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Further reading

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  • Werner O. Packull: Anna Jansz of Rotterdam, in Profiles of Anabaptist Women: Sixteenth-Century Reforming Pioneers, edited by C. Arnold Snyder, Linda A. Huebert Hecht. Waterloo, Ontario 1996. S. 336–351.
  • Werner O. Packull: Anna Jansz of Rotterdam, a Historical Investigation of an Early Anabaptist Heroine. In: Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte 78 (1987), S. 147–173.
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