Article: Oldenbarneveldt, Johan Van (15471619)

OLDENBARNEVELDT, JOHAN VAN (1547 1619)

OLDENBARNEVELDT, JOHAN VAN (1547 1619), Dutch statesman who laid the foundations of the Dutch Republic. Johan van Oldenbarneveldt was born into a patrician family at Amersfoort in the province of Utrecht in 1547. His father was a difficult man who never took the family place on the town council and who was surrounded by rumors about his notorious behavior. The young Johan nevertheless received the kind of education thought suitable for young members of the class of town councillors (the regents): he went to the local Latin school, was for some years the pupil of a lawyer in The Hague (the administrative center of the province of ...

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