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Hendrik Laurenszoon Spiegel (born March 11, 1549 in Amsterdam , † January 4, 1612 in Alkmaar ) was a Dutch poet and humanist .
Life
Spiegel was the son of Laurens Pietersz Spiegel and his wife Anna (nee Gaaf Jansdaughter) and the brother of Jan Laurensz. Mirror. He was raised a Catholic and in 1578 objected to the city's transition to Calvinism . He was supposed to be a professor of the Roman religion, but decided on a career as a businessman. In 1589 he was appointed to the council of the Admiralty in Hoorn, but he refused to take over this office despite threatened coercive measures. He stood firm, although in The Hague he was sentenced to donate to the poor house for his demeanor. He was influenced by the Dutch humanist Dirck Volkertszoon Coornhert . In his work Nieuwe Jaerslieden (1578–1608) he attacked tyranny.
Like Coornhert and Roemer Visscher (1547-1620) he was a member of the Amsterdam "Rederijkerkammer", where he was responsible for the preparation of the textbooks that dealt with Dutch orthography. Including the work: Tweespraack van de Nederduytsche Letterkunst (1584). In 1591 he arranged for the old rhyming chronicle to be printed by Melis Stoke at his own expense. His most important work is Hertspiegel (1614). In this long poem he unfolds his philosophical views and religious convictions. Another of his works is the unfinished song op't Vader Ons . Spiegel was a member of the movement that promoted the Dutch language and published his opinion on the importance of this language in the dialogue on Dutch literature (1584).
The
Spiegel family was married twice
- Bregtje (nee van den Berg)
- Dieuwertje (born van Marken)
He had several children.
Works (selection)
- Nieuwe Jaerslieden (1578–1608)
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Hert mirror (1614)
- Hertspieghel en other Zede writings. Meest noyt voor dezen printed . H. Wetstein, Amsterdam 1694 ( archive.org - reprint).
- Songs op't Vader Ons
literature
- Abraham Jacob van der Aa : Spiegel, Henrik Laurenszoon . In: Biographisch woordenboek der Nederlanden: bevattende levensbeschrijvingen van zoodanige people who raise zich op eenigerlei wijze in ons vaderland vermaard . tape 17 , part 2. Brederode, Haarlem 1874, p. 903-906 ( dbnl.org ).
- Ernst Martin : Spieghel, Hendrik Laurenszoon . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 35, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, p. 161 f.
- Spieghel, Hendrick Laurenszoon . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 26 : Slöke – Stockholm . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1917, Sp. 710 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Albert Verwey: Hendrick Laurensz. Spieghel . JB Wolters, Groningen 1919 (Dutch, dbnl.org [PDF]).
- Spieghel, Hendrick Laurensz. In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 31 : Siemering – Stephens . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1937, p. 369 .
- Literary life in the 17th century . In: Ralf Grüttemeier, Maria-Theresia Leuker (Hrsg.): Dutch literary history . JB Metzler, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-476-05207-9 , pp. 77-79 (excerpt).
Web links
- Literature by and about Spieghel, Hendrik Laurensz 1549–1612 in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- HL Spiegel dbnl.org (directory of biographies and works)
- Hendrik Laurenszoon mirror. Store norske leksikon
- Hendrick Laurenszn. Spieghel biografischportaal.nl
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hendrick Laurenszoon Spiegel: Twe-spraack vande nederduitsche letterkunst: ofte vant spellen end eygenscap of the nederduitschen valley . Plantyn, Leyden 1584, OCLC 247075314 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spiegel, Hendrik Laurenszoon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Spiegel, Henric Laurens; Spieghel, Hendrick Laurenszoon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch poet and humanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 11, 1549 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 4, 1612 |
| Place of death | Alkmaar |