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David Joris (c. 1501 – 25 August 1556, sometimes Jan Jorisz or Joriszoon; formerly anglicised David Gorge) was an important Anabaptist leader in the Netherlands before 1540. Life. Joris was probably born in Flanders, the son of Marietje Jan de Gortersdochter and Georgius Joris de Koman, an amateur actor and shopkeeper.
David Joris was a religious reformer, a controversial and eccentric member of the Anabaptist movement. He founded the Davidists, or Jorists, who viewed Joris as a prophet and whose internal dissension led—three years after his death—to the sensational cremation of his body after his posthumous
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Learn about the life and writings of David Joris, a Dutch Anabaptist leader and Spiritualist reformer in the sixteenth century. Explore his works in three periods: Sacramentarian, Anabaptist and Spiritualist, and their themes and contexts.
One figure from Holland whose possible import to the early development of a Dutch linguistic identity has not been noticed is the prominent Anabaptist and Spiritualist, David Joris (1501 [?]-1556) from Delft.
JORIS, DAVID Visionary Dutch religious leader who combined elements of pacifist, revolutionary, and spiritualist Anabaptist teachings and whose followers (Jorists) survived in Holland and North Germany into the 17th century; b. Bruges or Ghent, Flanders, 1501?; d. Basel, Switzerland, Aug. 25, 1556.
David Joris (c. 1501–1556) is one of the least understood leaders in the sixteenth-century Anabaptist movement. Yet during his era he was one of the most important Anabaptist leaders in the Low Countries of Europe.
Feb 26, 2020 · His significance for the Anabaptist movement in the Netherlands long depreciated, David Joris is now seen as the most important Dutch Anabaptist leader from the Bocholt conference of 1536 until his departure for Basel in 1544.
