Zoet, Jan (1610-1674)
Jan Zoet (Soet) (1610-1674), a Dutch (non-Mennonite) poet of Amsterdam, and in later years an innkeeper, in whose tavern "De Zoete Rust" (Sweet Rest) some Collegiant poets used to meet and discuss religious problems, including the Mennonites Pieter J. van Rixtel and Karel Verloove. Zoet published many volumes of mediocre verse. His poem "Het Groote Vischnet" (The Big Fishnet) criticizes the churches.
Bibliography
Hylkema, C. B. Reformateurs, 2 vols. Haarlem, 1900 and 1902 passim.
Kalff, G. Geschiedenis van de Nederl. Letterkunde IV. Groningen, 1909: 460 ff., 516, 547 f.
Meinsma, K. O. Spinoza en zijn Kring. The Hague, 1896: 118-21.
Molhuysen, P. C. and P. J. Blok. Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboekx. v. 1-10. Leiden, 1911-1937: v. 1, 1477 f.
Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
---|---|
Date Published | 1959 |
Cite This Article
MLA style
Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Zoet, Jan (1610-1674)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Zoet,_Jan_(1610-1674)&oldid=109863.
APA style
Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1959). Zoet, Jan (1610-1674). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Zoet,_Jan_(1610-1674)&oldid=109863.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 1035. All rights reserved.
©1996-2024 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.