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• W123799202 abstract "Among the 246 letters from prison that appear the Martyrs Mirror, some 73 appear to be marital love letters from one spouse to another. Such letters place the relationship of husband and wife within the context of separation, pain and imminent death, as well as within the life of faith and discipleship as practiced by early Anabaptist congregations. Because they contain intimate expressions of love and affection that were made available to a broad public audience, these letters present a particularly compelling case of early modern epistolary rhetoric, a genre whose study by contemporary scholars provides new perspectives for understanding the social and political meanings associated with the rhetoric of martyrdom, especially as found the Martyrs Mirror. The letters by the Dutch Anabaptist martyr Joost Verkindert to his wife, for example, make explicit the pathos of spousal and family separation and illustrate practices by which Anabaptists coped with such loss. In a letter of July 2, 1570, Joost's greeting addresses both his wife and the painful separation between them: This I wish you as a cordial and friendly greeting, my dear, beloved wife and sister the Lord, whom, with my children, I love from the depth of my heart, whose absence is to me such a great affliction my bonds, that I many and many a time call on the Lord with weeping eyes, to take from me that which is too heavy for me. But I remember the words of the apostle, where he says Let my grace be sufficient for thee; I shall not leave thee, nor suffer thee to be tempted above that thou art able. For I know, that as long as man is this life, he cannot be without conflict. (1) This greeting clearly places Joost's relationship with his wife within the context of the church, referring to her both as spouse and as sister Christ. Furthermore, he acknowledges that her absence from him is a central feature of his agony prison, an absence made tolerable only by the grace of God and the power of writing, which he receives as a gift, both as a writer and as a reader. In the conclusion to this same letter, he pleads, Write to me occasionally, for a letter from you is more pleasing to me than silver. Then, immediately after this expression of yearning to receive a text, he offers a goodbye and a word of encouragement: If time should overtake us, I bid you adieu. Adieu, my beloved, and always persevere steadfastly. Written my bonds, by me, Joost Verkindert, your dear husband. (2) How should we read such an expression of love and strength a letter written in bonds so many centuries ago? What was the public meaning of such personal expressions of affection and pathos? Why were such letters reprinted for public consumption? How did the potentially public nature of such shape the writing of these letters? Scholars have struggled with such questions repeatedly as they have drawn on similar letters other archives to understand the experience of intimacy, particularly within the families of early modern Europe. (3) EPISTOLARY RHETORIC AND THE MARTYRS MIRROR A common assumption about the genre of personal letters is that they reveal significant and accurate features of a historical individual's reaction to the circumstances of his or her life. Thus, according to this view, we can gain from letters a first-hand glimpse into how people of a particular time and context experienced social relationships, such as family life, organized religion and political structures. Historian Steven Ozment has expressed such a view of letters written between family members during the sixteenth century. He writes, for example, that personal letters should be seen as occasional and spontaneous means of communication. (4) He believes that such correspondence between family members, colleagues, friends, and lovers, where clarity and truth have a premium and can be matters of life or death, 'live' personal reactions to people, experiences, and events have been preserved as reliably as can be done historical sources. …" @default.
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