PIETER CORNELISSEN See also:

• PIETER CORNELISSEN HOOFT (1581-1647)

HOOFT (1581-1647)  , Dutch poet and historian, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam on the 16th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1581 . His See also:

• FATHER

father was one of the leading citizens of 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, both in politics and in the patronage of letters, and for some 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 burgomaster of Amsterdam . As See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1598 the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man was made a member of the chamber of See also:

• RHETORIC (Gr. psroperctj TEXvq, the art of the orator)

rhetoric In Liefde bloeiende, and produced before that See also:

• BODY

body his tragedy of See also:

• ACHILLES
• ACHILLES (Gr. 'AxtXXeus)

Achilles and See also:

• POLYXENA

Polyxena, not printed until 1614 . In See also:

• JUNE

June 1 598 he See also:

• LEFT

left Holland and proceeded to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, where on the loth of See also:

• APRIL

April 1599 he saw the body of Gabrielle d'See also:

• ESTREES, GABRIELLE

Estrees lying in See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . He went a few months later to See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice, See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence and See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, and in 1600 to See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples . During his See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian sojourn he made a deep and fruitful study of the best literature of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy . In See also:

• JULY

July 1600 he sent See also:

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

home to the In Liefde bloeiende a very See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter in 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, expressing his aspirations for the development of Dutch See also:

• POETRY

poetry . He returned through See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany, and after an See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of three years and a See also:

• HALF

half found himself in Amsterdam again on the 8th of May 16o1 . In 1602 he brought out his second tragedy, See also:

• THESEUS

Theseus and See also:

• ARIADNE (in Greek mythology)

Ariadne, printed at Amsterdam in 1614 . In 16o5 he completed his beautiful See also:

• PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral See also:

• DRAMA (literally "action," from Gr. Snail, act or do)

drama Granida, not published until 1615 . He studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law and See also:

• HISTORY

history at See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden from 16o6 to 1609, and in June of the latter See also:

• YEAR

year received from See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• MAURICE (1521–1553)
• MAURICE (MAURICIUS FLAVIUS TIBERIUS) (c. 539–602)
• MAURICE [or MAURITIUS], ST (d. c. 286)
• MAURICE, JOHN FREDERICK DENISON (1805-1872)

Maurice of See also:

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

Orange the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of steward of Muiden, See also:

• BAILIFF

bailiff of Gooiland, and See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord of Weesp, a See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of See also:

• GREAT

great emolument . He occupied himself with repairing and adorning the decayed See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Muiden, which was his See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence during the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of his See also:

• LIFE

life .

There he entertained the poet See also:

• VONDEL, JOOST VAN DEN (1587—1679)

Vondel, the See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar Barlaeus, 1 Constantin See also:

• HUYGENS, CHRISTIAAN (1629-1695)
• HUYGENS, SIR CONSTANTIJN (1596-1687)

Huygens, See also:

• VOSSIUS [Voss], GERHARD JOHANN (1577–1649)

Vossius, See also:

• LAURENS, HENRY (1724–1792)

Laurens Reael and others . IIooft had been a suitor for the See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand of See also:

• ANNA
• ANNA (Hindustani ana)
• ANNA, BALDASARRE

Anna See also:

• ROEMER, FRIEDRICH ADOLPH (1809-1869)
• ROEMER, OLE (Latinized OLAUS) (1644—1710)

Roemer Visscher, and after the See also:

• DEATH

death of Roemer Visscher both the sisters visited Muiden . Anna's sympathies were in time diverted to the school of See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

Jacob See also:

• CATS, JACOB (1577-1660)

Cats, but See also:

• MARIE

Marie Tesselschade maintained See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close ties with See also:

• HOOFT, PIETER CORNELISSEN (1581-1647)

Hooft, who revised her See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation of See also:

• TASSO, TORQUATO (1544-1595)

Tasso: In See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1610 he married See also:

• CHRISTINA (1626–1689)
• CHRISTINA [MARIA CHRISTINA HENRIETTA DESIREE FELICITE RENIERE]

Christina See also:

• VAN

van Erp, an 1 Kaspar van Baerle (1584-1648), See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of rhetoric at Amsterdam, and famous as a Latin poet . accomplished See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady who died in 1623, and four years later he married Eleonora Hellemans . In 1612 Hooft produced his See also:

• NATIONAL

national tragedy of Geeraerdt van Velzen (pr . 1613), a See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story of the reign of See also:

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

Count See also:

• FLORIS, FRANS

Floris V . In 1614 was performed at Coster's See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy Hooft's See also:

• COMEDY

comedy of See also:

• WARE

Ware-nar, an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of the Aulularia of See also:

• PLAUTUS, TITUS MACCIUS (originally perhaps MACCUS; cf. Asin. Prol. 11)

Plautus, first printed in 1617 . In 1616 he wrote another tragedy, Baeto, or the Origin of the Dutch, not printed until 1626 . It was in 1618 that he abandoned poetry for history, and in 1626 he published the first of his great See also:

• PROSE

prose See also:

• WORKS

works, the History of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry the Great (Henry IV. of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France) . His next See also:

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

production was his Miseries of the Princes of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• MEDICI
• MEDICI, GIACOMO (1817-1882)

Medici (Amsterdam, 1638) . In 1642 he published at Amsterdam a See also:

• FOLIO (properly the ablative case of the Lat. folium, leaf, but also frequently an adaptation of the Ital. foglio)

folio comprising the first twenty books of his Dutch History, embracing the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period from 1555 to 1585, a magnificent performance, to the perfecting of which he had given fifteen years of labour . The seven concluding books were published posthumously in 1654 .

His See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of history was gained from See also:

• TACITUS, CORNELIUS (c. 55-120)
• TACITUS, MARCUS CLAUDIUS

Tacitus, whose works he translated . Hooft died on a visit to the See also:

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

Hague, whither he had gone to attend the funeral of Prince See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick Henry, on the 21st of May 1647, and was buried in the New See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church at Amsterdam . Hoof t is one of the most brilliant figures that adorn Dutch literature at its best period . He was the first writer to introduce a See also:

• MODERN

modern and See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• TONE, THEOBALD WOLFE (1763-1798)

tone into belles lettres, and the first to refresh the See also:

• SOURCES

sources of native thought from the springs of See also:

• ANTIQUE (Lat. antiquus, old)

antique and See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance poetry . His lyrics and his pastoral of Granida are strongly marked by the See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of Tasso and See also:

• SANNAZARO, JACOPO (1458-1530)

Sannazaro; his later tragedies belong more exactly to the See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar tone of his native See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . But high as Hooft stands among the Dutch poets, he stands higher—he holds perhaps the highest See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place—among writers of Dutch prose . His See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style has won the warmest eulogy from so temperate a critic as See also:

• MOTLEY
• MOTLEY, JOHN LOTHROP (1814–1897)

Motley, and his letters are the most charming ever published in the Dutch See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

language . After Vondel, he may on the whole be considered the most considerable author that Holland has produced . Hooft's poetical and dramatic works were collected in two volumes (1871, 1875) by P . Leendertz .. His letters were edited by B . Huydecoper (Leiden, 1738) and by van Vloten (Leiden, 4 vols., 1855) .

The best See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of Hooft is given by G . Brandt in his See also:

• LEVEN
• LEVEN, ALEXANDER LESLIE, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1580-1661)
• LEVEN, LOCH

Leven van P . C . Hooft (1677), and his funeral address (1647), edited together by J . C . Matthes (See also:

• GRONINGEN

Groningen, 1874) . There is an account of the See also:

• MAIDEN, or MAID

Maiden circle in See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund See also:

• GOSSE, EDMUND (1849– )
• GOSSE, PHILIP HENRY (1810–r888)

Gosse's Literatures of See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . Many See also:

• EDITIONS

editions exist of his prose works .