The life and work of Dirck Volkertszoon Coornhert / / Henk Bonger ; edited by Gerrit Voogt.

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Superior document:Studies in the History of Ideas in the Low Countries
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Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam, Netherlands : : Rodopi,, [2004]
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Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
Series:Studies in the History of Ideas in the Low Countries
Physical Description:1 online resource (351 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Translator's foreword
  • List of illustrations (pp. 101-120)
  • Author's preface
  • Part I: The life and times of Coornhert
  • 1 1522-1562 Youth, Marriage, Stay at Batestein, Etcher and printer in Haarlem
  • 2 1562-1567 Notary, Secretary of the Municipal Government of Haarlem, Secretary of the Mayors
  • 3 1567 Imprisonment, Interrogation, Flight
  • 4 1567-1576 Exile, Secretary of the States of Holland, Second Exile
  • 5 1576-1584 The Period of Public Debates and Polemics
  • 6 1584-1590 Last Exile, Residence in Delft and Gouda, Polemic with Lipsius, Death
  • Part II: Coornhert's Ideas
  • 7 Ideas on Man's Perfectibility
  • 8 The Struggle for Freedom of Religion
  • 9 The Struggle against the Dogmas of Original Sin and Predestination
  • 10 Coornhert's Place in the Religious Life of his Times
  • Criticism of the "Godded Prophets
  • 11 Social and Political Ideas
  • 12 Creative Work and Translations: Plays, Poems, Translations
  • Appendix I: Coornhert in History
  • Appendix II: Main Events in Coornhert's Life
  • Appendix III: Time Table
  • Bibliography
  • I Primary Sources: Unpublished sources, Works by Coornhert, Translations and adaptations by Coornhert, Other published primary sources
  • II Secondary Sources
  • Index of Names.