The basic message of this post is: Check out the Vrouwenlexicon!!! There are lots of fascinating details here about the lives of “Anabaptist” women before 1800. Look below the line for more details.
Updated: 1 June 2022.
The basic message of this post is: Check out the Vrouwenlexicon!!! There are lots of fascinating details here about the lives of “Anabaptist” women before 1800. Look below the line for more details.
Updated: 1 June 2022.
Headline: A mainstream assumption in Mennonite studies since the early 20th century (maybe the 1880s, more accurately) is that early modern Mennonite history (i.e., Mennonite history before 1800 or even 1900) was shaped primarily by German culture and German-language sources. This assumption is problematic because it is built on an empirically questionable foundation! In other words, the sources and evidence for this assumption are weak.
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I’m in the process of writing an article for the Mennonitische Geschichtsblätter on the theme of “1625”. What follows are some technical notes.
The article will be titled “1625 – Das lange 17. Jahrhundert als eine Goldene Zeitalter täuferischer Buchproduktion“.
In preparation for the essay, I did some careful counting of titles in two research bibliographies. The details are available below.