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In 1609 Hugo Grotius published Mare Liberum. This short article describes the immediate backgroun... more In 1609 Hugo Grotius published Mare Liberum. This short article describes the immediate backgrounds of the work and some of its long-term legal effects. (in Dutch)
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Society of America’s conference in Dublin in 2022, summarises some
broader tendencies in the scholarship on Tacitism, and presents a
provisional sketch of the contribution to that scholarship which the
current Warsaw research group on Tacitism and its connected
researchers are developing, as exemplified by the articles in this
collection.
3 panel sessions on Tacitism
Organisers: Jan Waszink, Anna Laskowska
Tacitism I: Tacitism in Context(s)
Tacitism II: Tacitism and Historiography
Tacitism III: Tacitism and Political Thought
Wednesday 30 March, 9:00 AM - 4 PM
Chartered Accountants House - Tory Room - Level 1
First, that the interference of religious forces with politics constitutes a danger to society; second, that from the perspective of the Lipsian and Tacitist 'morally sound' reason of state, the cases of feigned religious zeal which Grotius ascribes to William the Silent and Elizabeth I are justified by their usefulness to society, or at least excused by an awareness that this is how real politics work. In spite of this reason of state-logic with respect to religion however, Grotius reverts to a normative constitutional interpretation of the revolt when it comes to liberty and the ancient constitution, as it was his purpose to show that the Revolt was about political rights not religion. This article focuses on the reason of state-views in the above. Grotius' position must be understood from his roles serving the States government of Holland. However the States' omission to publish the AH shows that the regents either objected against such views themselves, or were well aware that they were controversial in the eyes of general public opinion.
project leader: Dr Jan Waszink
Job title: PhD student
Scope of work:
– research in the field of intellectual history, in an international research environment, on the history of Tacitism in either England (PhD candidate 1) or Spain (PhD candidate 2), in line with the project’s assumptions.......
This history of Tacitism will not only shed light on a crucial early phase in the emergence of modern political thought and attitudes, but it will also show how European societies in the past dealt with the complicated interplay of politics and religion, and that of politics and law; how clashes between power and justice and between conflicting principles were perceived, interpreted and negotiated in society; how secularisation was contested and defended; and how clashes and tensions between majority and minority opinion were countered and (eventually, in most cases) resolved. Thus it will provide material for useful comparisons to illuminate the politics of the present.
This article argues that Henry Savile’s widely admired Tacitus of 1591 should not be read as an implied call for a more aggressive English stance against Spanish advances on the Continent (as one recent article suggests), but precisely for a more restrained and prudential approach. Secondly, it calls into question the generally accepted view that Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex played a prominent role in the
composition of the book. It argues that in reconstructing the work's original intellectual context and especially that of the supplement The Ende of Nero and the beginning of Galba, the main emphasis should not be on Essex's political and military career but on that of his stepfather Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. The article provides an investigation (as far as the surviving information allows) of the background in Continental politics and political thought in relation to the text of The Ende, which suggests that it should primarily be read from the perspective of the unsuccessful English intervention in the Low Countries in 1585-1588.
Society of America’s conference in Dublin in 2022, summarises some
broader tendencies in the scholarship on Tacitism, and presents a
provisional sketch of the contribution to that scholarship which the
current Warsaw research group on Tacitism and its connected
researchers are developing, as exemplified by the articles in this
collection.
3 panel sessions on Tacitism
Organisers: Jan Waszink, Anna Laskowska
Tacitism I: Tacitism in Context(s)
Tacitism II: Tacitism and Historiography
Tacitism III: Tacitism and Political Thought
Wednesday 30 March, 9:00 AM - 4 PM
Chartered Accountants House - Tory Room - Level 1
First, that the interference of religious forces with politics constitutes a danger to society; second, that from the perspective of the Lipsian and Tacitist 'morally sound' reason of state, the cases of feigned religious zeal which Grotius ascribes to William the Silent and Elizabeth I are justified by their usefulness to society, or at least excused by an awareness that this is how real politics work. In spite of this reason of state-logic with respect to religion however, Grotius reverts to a normative constitutional interpretation of the revolt when it comes to liberty and the ancient constitution, as it was his purpose to show that the Revolt was about political rights not religion. This article focuses on the reason of state-views in the above. Grotius' position must be understood from his roles serving the States government of Holland. However the States' omission to publish the AH shows that the regents either objected against such views themselves, or were well aware that they were controversial in the eyes of general public opinion.
project leader: Dr Jan Waszink
Job title: PhD student
Scope of work:
– research in the field of intellectual history, in an international research environment, on the history of Tacitism in either England (PhD candidate 1) or Spain (PhD candidate 2), in line with the project’s assumptions.......
This history of Tacitism will not only shed light on a crucial early phase in the emergence of modern political thought and attitudes, but it will also show how European societies in the past dealt with the complicated interplay of politics and religion, and that of politics and law; how clashes between power and justice and between conflicting principles were perceived, interpreted and negotiated in society; how secularisation was contested and defended; and how clashes and tensions between majority and minority opinion were countered and (eventually, in most cases) resolved. Thus it will provide material for useful comparisons to illuminate the politics of the present.
This article argues that Henry Savile’s widely admired Tacitus of 1591 should not be read as an implied call for a more aggressive English stance against Spanish advances on the Continent (as one recent article suggests), but precisely for a more restrained and prudential approach. Secondly, it calls into question the generally accepted view that Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex played a prominent role in the
composition of the book. It argues that in reconstructing the work's original intellectual context and especially that of the supplement The Ende of Nero and the beginning of Galba, the main emphasis should not be on Essex's political and military career but on that of his stepfather Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. The article provides an investigation (as far as the surviving information allows) of the background in Continental politics and political thought in relation to the text of The Ende, which suggests that it should primarily be read from the perspective of the unsuccessful English intervention in the Low Countries in 1585-1588.
This is the first edition of Grotius' then-influential and well-known Annals of the Dutch Revolt since its initial publication. It presents a critical edition of the Latin text, a fresh modern English translation, and an introduction which covers all aspects of the work, from its conception to its modern reception, underlining the importance of reason of state for Grotius' thought in general.
Judging by its appearance, the manuscript BPL 917 seems originally to have been a 'fair copy' intended for example for circulation among persons involved with the issue at stake, or for a typesetter to print the work from. However, the work remained unpublished after completion. Grotius subsequently made many changes in the text, which are written in the manuscript in the form of deleted text, and words and passages added in margins or between lines. It seems likely that this process continued for many years. However one part of IPC was actually published: chapter 12 appeared separately as De Mari Libero ('The Free Sea', also known as Mare Liberum) in 1609.
The appended file contains the introduction to this edition. For information on availability of the book, see elsewhere in this profile under 'Bibliotheca Latinitatis Novae' or contact Leuven UP.
The scenic tour shows the places where he lived and studied, and gives an impression of the town, of some of the people around him and the workings of Leiden university at that time. Leiden university was established in 1575 and had by then already gained an international reputation as a centre of innovative science and scholarship.
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Gary Remer's critique of the view that Justus Lipsius' turn to Tacitus is a turn away from Cicero.
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eerste deel van Hugo de Groots Annales et Historiae de rebus
Belgicis is deze vraag zonder aarzelen met ‘ja’ te beantwoor-
den.
Current volumes in Bibliotheca Latinitatis Novae are:
• John Milton, Latin Writings – a selection, ed. John K. Hale, 1998
• Hugo Grotius The Antiquity of the Batavian Republic, edd. Jan Waszink et al., 2000
• Rudolph Agricola, Letters, edd. Adrie van der Laan & Fokke Akkerman, 2002
• Justus Lipsius, Politica. Six books of politics or political instruction, ed. Jan Waszink, 2004
• John Barclay, Argenis, edd. Mark Riley & Dorothy Pritchard Huber, 2004
• Archibald Pitcairne, The Latin Poems, edd. John & Winifred MacQueen, 2009
• Rudolph Agricola: Six Lives and Erasmus' Testimonies, ed. Fokke Akkerman, 2012
• John Barclay, Icon Animorum or The Mirror of Minds, ed. Mark Riley, 2013
• Joannes Burmeister, Aulularia and Other Inversions of Plautus, ed. Michael Scott Fontaine
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