![The reformer Zwingli in disputation with Anabaptists, 1842 lithograph.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/eventuel-titelbild-300x225.jpg)
Margret Hottinger of Zollikon in her own voice
Members of the Anabaptist movement in and around Zurich were persecuted and executed for their convictions during the Reformation. They continue to be disparaged and stereotyped to this day. But a look at the historical sources reveals a different picture ‒ that of a defiant movement in which women also played a key role.
![Anabaptists being taken captive at a gathering in the Grüningen district in May 1526.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/gefangennahme-300x188.jpg)
From the records of interrogation
If you can prove to me that infant baptism is legitimate, then I will recant. Then and only then.
![A disputation on the practice of rebaptism held in Zurich’s town hall on 17 January 1525 was more akin to a hearing.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/disputation-1-300x208.jpg)
The words of women from the mouths of men
Zwingli gets involved
![Anabaptist Felix Manz, who also features in Margret Hottinger’s testimonies, being drowned in the Limmat river on 5 January 1527.](https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/app/uploads/felix-manz-300x192.jpg)
Influenced by the historical sources: the TV adaptation of Gottfried Keller’s novella Ursula – a 1978 Swiss-GDR co-production – caused a scandal in both countries, partly due to its scenes of promiscuity. YouTube / ARD Video