LOEFF, GERRIT MICHIEL CORNELIS, De Nederlandsche kerkgeschiedschrijver Geeraardt Brandt [or Gerard or Geeraert]

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Geraardt Brandt (1626 -1685), was a Dutch author and clergyman. He wrote biographies of Vondel, Michiel de Ruyter and an important book on the history of the Reformation. The escape of Hugo de Groot from Loevestein in a bookchest was told to Brandt by the servant girl Elselina and this story became one of the classics of Dutch historiography