Willem Baudartius

Willem Baudaert or Baudartius (Deinze, Flanders, 13 February 1565 - Zutphen, 15 December 1640), born Willem Baudart, was a Dutch theologian. Baudartius College, a Christian secondary school in Zutphen, is named after him.

Life

Born to Protestant parents in Flanders and a fervent counter-remonstrant, Baudartius left the Netherlands on the arrival of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo and landed in England at Sandwich. He studied at Canterbury as well as on the continent at Ghent, Leiden, Franeker in Heidelberg. He served as a preacher at Kampen (1593), Lisse (1596) and Zutphen.

Highly knowledgeable in Hebrew, he was asked to take part in the Statenvertaling translation of the Bible. He also wrote a collection of spells (Apophthegmata Christiana, ofte gedenckweerdige, leerzame en aerdige spreucken... (1605, 1620) and a pamphlet opposing the Twelve Years' Truce (Morghen-Wecker der vrye Nederlantsche provintien (1610).

• 
  The triumphal entry of the Prince of Orange in Brussels.
• 
  The Prince of Orange seizes the 'Spanish Castle' in Gent on 11 November 1576.
• 
  The arrival of the funeral procession of Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, Brussels 1592.
• 
  Philipe de Croÿ, Duke of Aarschot and other nobles are taken prisoner in the Court of St. Baeffs in Gent on 28 October 1577.
• 
  The Joyous Entry of John of Austria in Brussels on 1 May 1577.
• 
  The arrival of the Duke of Alba in Brussels, 1567.

External links

• Works by Willem Baudartius at Post-Reformation Digital Library