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Adolf van Meetkercke〔There are numerous variants, in particular found in the English State Papers; Meetkerke, Meetkerk, Meetkirk, Meddykyrk, Medekerk, Medkerke, Midkerke, Meetkerque, Meetquerque, Metkerke, Mettkerke, Mekerke, Merkerke etc.; Mekerchus, Medkerkius, Metkerkius. Also Adolph or Adolphus.〕 (1528–1591) ((ラテン語:Adolphus Mekerchus)) was a Flemish diplomat and humanist. ==Life== He was born in Bruges, into a wealthy family of the nobility.〔 :de:s:ADB:Meetkercke, Adolf van〕 In 1577, after the Pacification of Ghent, he travelled to England on a diplomatic mission concerned with the First Union of Brussels, with the Marquis of Havrech (Havré), Charles Philippe de Croÿ (1549-1613).〔 In 1580, he became a Protestant convert.〔Willem Nijenhuis, ''Adrianus Saravia (c. 1532-1613): Dutch Calvinist, first reformed defender of the English episcopal church order on the basis of the ius divinum'' (1980), p. 102; ( Google Books ).〕 He accompanied Philip Marnix of St. Aldegonde to France, to negotiate the Treaty of Plessis-les-Tours with François of Alençon. He was then appointed as chairman of the Flemish governing council.〔 His support for Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester in 1587 led to his becoming an exile in England, leaving with Hadrian Saravia. This followed a failed plot to mount a coup in Leiden on behalf of Leicester.〔C. C. Barfoot, Richard Todd, ''The Great Emporium: the Low Countries as a cultural crossroads in the Renaissance and the eighteenth century'' (1992), p. 88; (Google Books ).〕〔Randolph Vigne, Charles Littleton, ''From Strangers to Citizens: the integration of immigrant communities in Britain, Ireland, and colonial America, 1550-1750'' (2001), p. 72; (Google Books ).〕 He died in London. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adolf van Meetkercke」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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