John of Leyden

noun

1. Jan Beuckelszoon or Bockhold, 1509–36, Dutch Anabaptist.

John of Leyden

/ ˈlaɪdən /

noun

1. John of Leyden?15091536MDutchRELIGION: Anabaptist original name Jan Bockelson. ?1509–36, Dutch Anabaptist leader. He established a theocracy in Münster (1534) but was tortured to death after the city was recaptured (1535) by its prince bishop

Example Sentences

The obvious influence is Greil Marcus, whose 1989 Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century used what he called "spectral connections" to link dadaism, lettrism and even 16th-century Dutch heretic John of Leyden to the development of punk.

From The Guardian

The imposter John of Leyden, who wore a false but very stylish crown in Giacomo Meyerbeer’s “Le Prophete,” was devoured by flames in a fire that he set himself.

From New York Times

It was the Birth-place of the famous Muntzer, the Head of the Anabaptists, a Sect of Heretics, who grew so powerful that they undertook to make themselves Masters of the City, and to chuse themselves a King; and about the End of the sixteenth Century, they accordingly chose for their Sovereign one John of Leyden, a Taylor, infamous for the Cruelties and Outrages which he committed.

From Project Gutenberg

But Heaven deliver'd the City from such a Scourge; for at length after some Resistance it was reduc'd, and John of Leyden was put to death by the Hangman.

From Project Gutenberg

And Satan can drive men under several colours, to act such things, as he did the Boors in Germany, and John of Leyden and his followers, whose practices are deservedly detested by all that have any spark of Christianity or humanity: for if this were espoused as a principle, there would be no security for men's lives.

From Project Gutenberg