Philips van Marnix, Heer Van Sint Aldegonde

Philips van Marnix, Heer Van Sint Aldegonde (born 1540, Brussels [now in Belgium]—died December 15, 1598, Leiden, Netherlands) was a Dutch theologian and poet whose translation of the Psalms is considered the high point of religious literature in 16th-century Holland. In exile (1568–72) and a prisoner of the Roman Catholics (1573–74), Marnix was in the thick of the political and religious struggles of the time. His first main work was Den byencorf der H. Roomsche...