The Shaping of an Innocent Martyr. The Linguistic Strategies of the Remonstrant Widow Willemken van Wanray (ca. 1573-1647)
After the Synod of Dort (1618-1619) forbade Remonstrant gatherings in the Dutch Republic, many Remonstrants secretly continued preaching or attending sermons and were consequently fined or imprisoned.Among them was the Nijmegen widow Willemken van Wanray (ca.1573-1647), who wrote an autobiographical narrative of the religious persecution she endure