Copia: van de Brief vande heeren Staaten, geschreeven aan het Canton Bern. Tot voorspraak vande verdrukte...
Copia: van de Brief vande heeren Staaten, geschreeven aan het Canton Bern. Tot voorspraak vande verdrukte Doopsgezinde of Mennoniten den 15. Maart, anno 1710.
Dutch
1710
1 pages
First Complete Translation
Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.
The document is a 1710 diplomatic letter from the States General of the Netherlands to the Canton of Bern regarding the persecution of Mennonites. While historical studies and encyclopedias (such as the Mennonite Encyclopedia) reference this correspondence and may contain excerpts or summaries, no record of a complete, standalone English translation was found in major library catalogs or scholarly databases. It is likely that only partial translations or summaries exist within broader historical works.
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This urgent diplomatic appeal reveals a rare moment when the Dutch state confronted a neighbor over the brutal persecution of Anabaptists. It challenges the authority of the state to dictate the human conscience and forces readers to confront the moral cost of religious intolerance.
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