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EPISODE · Apr 7, 2026 · 10 MIN

13. Martyr for the truth

from ECHOES - stories from four centuries of Groningen university · host ECHOES - a UKrant podcast

Groningen was in an uproar in 1773. After years of dispute, the renowned professor Van der Marck was dismissed. He had, after all, dared to argue that the Church should submit to the state — and that was something he would have done better not to say.‘Martyr for the Truth’ is the fifth episode of the second season of the UKrant podcast Echoes. Christien Boomsma takes you back to the year 1773, when the Groningen professor Frederik Adolf van der Marck angered the wrong people.**This episode was researched and written by Christien Boomsma. Sound and editing: Christien Boomsma. Additional voices by Ronald Mulder and Tom Wilcox.**For this episode, use was made of:Klaas van Berkel, Universiteit van het Noorden I. Frederick Adolf van der Marck. Een achttiende eeuwsch leeraar van het natuurrecht (‘s Gravenhage 1947)In de UB is het boekje in te zien, waarin Van der Marck zelf schreef over de gebeurtenissen: F. A. van der Marck, Waaragtig verhaal van het geene omtrent het hoogleeraars ambt van Mr. Fred. Adolf van der Marck in het staats- natuur- en volkeren-regt op de hooge schoole der stad Groningen en Ommelanden van den beginne zyner aanstelling tot zyn ontslag toe, geduurende zyne veertienjaarige bediening aldaar openlyk is voorgevallen uit egte stukken en bewyzen getrouwelyk opgemaakt, kortelyk beschreeven en in 't licht gegeeven (Lingen 1775)

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