Format:
1 online resource (944 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789004281790
Content:
This biography offers a detailed portrait of the famous humanist scholar Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), jurist, politician, Neo-Latin poet and Christian apologist, on the basis of his voluminous correspondence.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on the Illustrations -- 1 Introduction -- Hugo de Groot: A World-Famous Scholar -- A Biography -- Some Main Lines: A Troubled Triangular Relationship -- Terminology -- Chapter 2 Childhood and Youth (1583-99) -- Ancestry -- Grotius' Earliest Childhood -- Grotius as a Student -- The French Journey (1598) -- Chapter 3 On the Way to Adulthood (1599-1607) -- Scholarly Activities, Relations with Johan van Oldenbarnevelt -- Leiden Friends: Heinsius, Meursius and Baudius -- Grotius and Simon Stevin -- 'De republica emendanda' -- Advocate in The Hague -- Relations with Johannes Wtenbogaert -- The Bankruptcy of Jan de Groot -- Family Life -- Chapter 4 Advocate-Fiscal (1607-13) -- De iure praedae as a Step towards the Advocate-Fiscalship -- Grotius as Advocate-Fiscal -- Maria van Reigersberch -- Peace or Truce? -- Mare liberum and De antiquitate -- Administrative Duties -- Relationship with the Stadholder Maurice -- A Poem for Hendrik Delmanhorst -- Leiden Friends: Scaliger, Baudius and Heinsius -- Chapter 5 A Budding Politician (1609-13) -- The Troubles of the Truce Years -- The Death of Jacobus Arminius -- Johannes Wtenbogaert -- Conradus Vorstius -- Meletius -- Leiden Friends: Petrus Bertius and Petrus Cunaeus -- Political Complications (1611-13) -- The English Journey (1613) -- Discussions with the King and Other Great Men at the English Court -- Return -- Chapter 6 Pensionary of Rotterdam (1613-16) -- The Pensionary's Office as a Turning Point -- The Appointment -- Rotterdam -- Family Life -- Ordinum pietas -- The Aftermath -- Three Letters from 1614 -- Political Career -- Chapter 7 An Intellectual in a Time of Revolution (1616-18) -- Political and Scholarly Activities -- Adolphus Venator, A Hunter for the Truth -- Hubbub in The Hague -- Troublesome Missions: Oudewater and After.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004274365
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Hugo Grotius A Lifelong Struggle for Peace in Church and State, 1583 – 1645
Additional Edition:
Nellen, Henk J. M., 1949 - Hugo Grotius Leiden [u.a.] : Brill, 2015 ISBN 9789004274365
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Political Science
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Dutch Studies
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Philosophy
Keywords:
Grotius, Hugo 1583-1645
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Grotius, Hugo 1583-1645
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Electronic books
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Biografie
Author information:
Grayson, J. C.
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