The basic message of this post is: Check out the Vrouwenlexicon!!! There are lots of fascinating details here about the lives of “Ana/Baptist” women before 1800. Look below the line for more details.
Updated: 1 June 2022.
Month: May 2022
Evidence of Ana/Baptist Book Production, 1521-1700: Some Technical Notes
Last updated: 10 August 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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Background:
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 German-language article will be titled “1625 – Das lange 17. Jahrhundert als eine Goldene Zeitalter täuferischer Buchproduktion“.
- UPDATE (July 2022):
- The German version of the essay is now scheduled for publication by about October 2022.
- A Dutch version of the essay is now in the planning for publication at the very end of 2022 in the Doopsgezinde Bijdragen.
- UPDATE (August 2022):
- An English version of the essay is in the works with the title:
- “1625, the Dutch Republic, and Book History: Perspectives for Reframing the Early Modern ‘Anabaptist’ Past.”
- An English version of the essay is in the works with the title:
In preparation for the essay in its multiple versions, I did some careful counting of titles in two research bibliographies. The details are available below.