Dutchman Dirk Willems was a religious prisoner who escaped in 1569, but when the guard pursuing him fell through the ice of a river, Willems turned around to save the guard. He was then recaptured and burned at stake.
Dutchman Dirk Willems was a religious prisoner who escaped in 1569, but when the guard pursuing him fell through the ice of a river, Willems turned around to save the guard. He was then recaptured and burned at stake.
True yeah, they're most likely from the English separatists vs European anabaptists though they had very similar theological beliefs and politics at the time
edit: I didn't know about the calvin influence (cursed be his name), but I found this article fascinating: Martin Davie, "Calvin’s Influence on the Theology of the English Reformation" which is only tangentially related