memnonite

Updated: August 28, 2026

For it was only upon non-combatants that Admiral Van der Waecken made war, and the fishermen especially, who mainly belonged to the Memnonite religion, with its doctrines of non-resistance not a very comfortable practice in that sanguinary age were his constant victims. And his cruelties might have almost served as a model to the Christian warriors on the Turkish frontier.

John Lothrop Motley - History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609)

For it was only upon non-combatants that Admiral Van der Waecken made war, and the fishermen especially, who mainly belonged to the Memnonite religion, with its doctrines of non-resistance not a very comfortable practice in that sanguinary age were his constant victims. And his cruelties might have almost served as a model to the Christian warriors on the Turkish frontier.

John Lothrop Motley - PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete

For it was only upon non- combatants that Admiral Van der Waecken made war, and the fishermen especially, who mainly belonged to the Memnonite religion, with its doctrines of non-resistance not a very comfortable practice in that sanguinary age were his constant victims. And his cruelties might have almost served as a model to the Christian warriors on the Turkish frontier.

John Lothrop Motley - History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1600-02

For it was only upon non-combatants that Admiral Van der Waecken made war, and the fishermen especially, who mainly belonged to the Memnonite religion, with its doctrines of non-resistance not a very comfortable practice in that sanguinary age were his constant victims. And his cruelties might have almost served as a model to the Christian warriors on the Turkish frontier.

John Lothrop Motley - History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1600-1609)