DORTHE See also:

• DORTHE ENGELBRECHTSDATTER (1634-1716)

ENGELBRECHTSDATTER (1634-1716)  , See also:

• NORWEGIAN

Norwegian poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BERGEN

Bergen on the 16th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1634; her See also:

• FATHER

father, Engelbrecht Jorgensen, was originally See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector of the high school in that See also:

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

city, and afterwards See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

dean of the See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral . In 1652 she" married Ambrosius Hardenbech, a theological writer famous for his flowery funeral sermons, who succeeded her father at the cathedral in 1659 . They had five sons and four daughters . In 1678 her first See also:

• VOLUME

volume appeared, Sjaelens aandelige Sangoffer (" The Soul's Spiritual Offering of See also:

• SONG

Song ") published at See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen . This volume of See also:

• HYMNS

hymns and devotional pieces, very modestly brought out, had an unparalleled success . The fortunate poetess was invited to See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark, and on her arrival at Copenhagen was presented at See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court . She was also introduced to See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Kingo, the father of Danish See also:

• POETRY

poetry, and the two greeted one another with improvised couplets, which have been preserved, and of which the poetess's reply is incomparably the neater . In 1683 her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband died, and before 1698 she had buried all her nine See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children . In the midst of her troubles appeared her second See also:

• WORK

work, the Taareoffer (" See also:

• SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

Sacrifice of Tears "), which is a continuous religious' poem in four books . This was combined with the Sangoffer, and no fewer than three See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of the See also:

• UNITED

united See also:

• WORKS

works were published before her See also:

• DEATH

death, and many after it . In 1698 she brought out a third volume of sacred 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, Et kristeligt See also:

• VALET (Fr. valet; O. Fr. vaslet)

Valet fra See also:

• VERDEN

Verden (" A See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian Farewell to the See also:

• WORLD

World "), a very tame See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production . She died on the 19th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1716 .

The first verses of Dorthe See also:

• ENGELBRECHTSDATTER, DORTHE (1634-1716)

Engelbrechtsdatter are the best; her Sangoffer was dedicated to Jesus, the Taareoffer to See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• CHARLOTTE

Charlotte Amalia; this is significant of her changed position in the eyes of the world .