Anabaptist riot explained

Conflict:Anabaptist Riot of 1535
Date:May 10, 1535
Place:Amsterdam, Habsburg Netherlands
Result:Riot suppressed
Combatant1:Amsterdam
Combatant2:Anabaptists
Commander1:Peter Colijn
Commander2:Unknown
Strength1:Unknown
Strength2:40
Casualties1:21 killed
Casualties2:28 killed
Remaining executed

The Anabaptist riot of Amsterdam or Wederdopersoproer generally refers to an event on 10 May 1535 in which 40 Anabaptists occupied the city hall. The city guardsmen stormed the city hall and in the battle that ensued, the mayor Peter Colijn, 20 militiamen and 28 Anabaptists were killed. The surviving Anabaptists were executed in a particularly gruesome manner: their hearts were cut out of their chests while still alive, their bodies were drawn and quartered, and their heads were stuck on pikes and posted at the city gates. The event was commemorated in a painting by Barend Dircksz.[1] [2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/zoeken?v=list&maker=Barend%20Dircksz Barend Dircksz
  2. http://igitur-archive.library.uu.nl/student-theses/2010-0902-200325/The%20prosecution%20of%20Anabaptists%20in%20Holland,%201530-1566.pdf "The prosecution of Anabaptists in Holland, 1530-1566"
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=sYi50ItImHAC&dq=Peter+Colijn+killed+1535&pg=PA224 “Roth, J. (ed), Stayer, J. (ed) (2006) A Companion to Anabaptism and Spiritualism, 1521-1700, page 224”