Mennonites and Violence in Early Modern Amsterdam
Although Dutch Mennonites penned official positions against bearing the sword, little is known about how Mennonites negotiated the violence that permeated daily life in early modern Dutch society. This article examines Mennonite attitudes towards collective and interpersonal violence by studying the...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2015
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Church history and religious culture
Année: 2015, Volume: 95, Numéro: 4, Pages: 477-494 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Amsterdam
/ Mennonite
/ Histoire 1612-1745
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| RelBib Classification: | KAH Époque moderne KBD Benelux KDG Église libre |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Mennonites
violence
Amsterdam
discipline
church history
Dutch Republic
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Résumé: | Although Dutch Mennonites penned official positions against bearing the sword, little is known about how Mennonites negotiated the violence that permeated daily life in early modern Dutch society. This article examines Mennonite attitudes towards collective and interpersonal violence by studying the disciplinary practices of three Amsterdam congregations from 1612–1745. It contrasts the elders’ discipline of their elite members with their occasional forbearance towards poorer men and women. It argues that the leaders took a firmer position against those who signed up in the military than they did against members who committed violent interpersonal acts. Finally, it examines cases when Mennonites turned to the force of secular magistrates for justice. By the middle of the eighteenth century, the article concludes, Mennonite churches rarely punished violent offenses, suggesting that their members had internalized both the official position of the church and the broader rejection of violence by Dutch society. |
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| ISSN: | 1871-2428 |
| Contient: | In: Church history and religious culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18712428-09504004 |