The Life and Work of Dirck Volkertszoon Coornhert

Translator's foreword List of illustrations 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, Polemics 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in History Appendix II: Main Events in Coornhert's Life Appendix III: Time Table Bibliography I Primary Sources: Unpublished sources, Works by Coornhert, Translations and adaptations by Coornhert, Other published primary sources II Secondary Sources Index of Names

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