DIRCK VOLCKERTSZOON See also:

• DIRCK VOLCKERTSZOON COORNHERT (1522-1590)

COORNHERT (1522-1590)  , Dutch politician and theologian, youngest son of Volckert See also:

• COORNHERT, DIRCK VOLCKERTSZOON (1522-1590)

Coornhert, See also:

• CLOTH

cloth See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam in 1522 . As a See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child he spent some years in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain and See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal . Returning See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home, he was disinherited by his See also:

• FATHER

father's will, for his See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with See also:

• CORNELIA (end cent. Bc.)

Cornelia (Neeltje) Simons, a portionless gentlewoman . He took for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the See also:

• POST

post of See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-domo to Reginald (Reinoud), See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of See also:

• BREDERODE, HENRY, COUNT

Brederode . Soon he settled in See also:

• HAARLEM

Haarlem, as engraver on See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper, and produced See also:

• WORKS

works which retain high values . Learning Latin, he published Dutch See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations from See also:

• CICERO

Cicero, See also:

• SENECA

Seneca and See also:

• BOETIUS (or BoETxlus), ANICIUS MANLIUS SEVERINUS (c. A.D. 480–524)

Boetius . He was appointed secretary to the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city (1562) and secretary to the burgomasters .(1564) . Throwing himself into the struggle with See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• RULE

rule, he See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew up the manifesto of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William of See also:

• ORANGE
• ORANGE (Citrus Aurantium)
• ORANGE, HOUSE OF

Orange (1566) . Imprisoned at the See also:

• HAGUE, THE (in Dutch, 's Gravenhage, or, abbreviated, den Haag; in Fr. La Haye; and in Late Lat. Haga Comitis)

Hague (1568), he escaped to See also:

• CLEVES (Ger. Cleve or Kleve)

Cleves, where he maintained himself by his See also:

• ART

art . Recalled in 1572, he was secretary of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state for a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short time; his aversion to military violence led him to return to Cleves, where William continued to employ his services and his See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen . As a religious See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, he wrote and strove in favour of tolerance, being decidedly against See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment for heretics . He had no party views; the See also:

• HEIDELBERG

Heidelberg See also:

• CATECHISM (from Gr. Karnxeiv, teach by word of mouth)

catechism, authoritative in See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland, he criticized .

The See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• ARMINIUS
• ARMINIUS, JACOBUS (1560-1609)

Arminius, employed to refute him, was won over by his arguments . He died at See also:

• GOUDA (or TER GouwE)

Gouda on the 29th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1590 . His Dutch version of the New Testament, following the Latin of See also:

• ERASMUS, DESIDERIUS (1466–1536)

Erasmus, was never completed . His works, in See also:

• PROSE

prose and See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse, were published in 1630, 3 vols . See F . D . J . Moorrees, Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert (1887) ; N . Delvenne, Biog. See also:

• DES

des Pays-Bas (1829); A . J. See also:

• VAN

van der Aa, Biog . Woordenboek der Nederlanden (1855) . (A .