Hugo Grotius Annals of the war in the Low Countries

The Annals of the War in the Low Countries is one of Hugo Grotius' lesser-known works. Grotius expresses a contrarian view of the early revolt, which he presents not as a united battle for the true faith and the ancient liberties of the land but as a protracted and painful struggle, not only with the great power of Spain, but also with discord, selfishness and religious fanaticism among the Dutch. To convey this complex and controversial vision of the foundational years of the Dutch Republic, Grotius...

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Engels | PDF, 63 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2023

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Justus Lipsius Monita et exempla politica

In 17th-century intellectual life, the ideas of the Renaissance humanist Justus Lipsius (1547-1606) were omnipresent. The publication of his Politica in 1589 had made Lipsius' name as an original and controversial political thinker. The sequel, the Monita et exempla politica (Political admonitions and examples), published in 1605, was meant as an illustration of Lipsius political thought as expounded in the Politica. Its aim was to offer concrete models of behavior for rulers against the background...

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Engels | Latijn | PDF, 11 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2022

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Aulularia and other inversions of Plautus

First critical edition of Burmeister's newly discovered Aulularia. Joannes Burmeister of Lüneburg (1576-1638) was among the greatest Neo-Latin poets of the German Baroque. His masterpieces, now mostly lost, are Christian 'inversions' of the Classical Roman comedies of Plautus. With only minimal changes in language and none in meter, each transforms Plautus's pagan plays into comedies based on biblical themes. Fascinating in their own right, they also bring back to attention forgotten genres of Renaissance...

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Duits | Engels | Latijn | 292 pagina's (PDF, 1,9 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017

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John Barclay Icon animorum or The mirror of minds

Original Latin text with English translation on facing pages. In this essay from 1614 the Neo-Latin poet, translator, and commentator John Barclay describes the manners and mores of his European contemporaries. He derives the sources of an individual's peculiarities of behavior and temperament from the 'genius' - the individual character created by each person's upbringing, time of life, and profession. Barclay likewise describes each nation's genius, its national character, and provides some of...

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Engels | Latijn | 380 pagina's (PDF, 1,7 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017

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Rudolph Agricola

six lives and Erasmus's testimonies

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Engels | Latijn | 264 pagina's | Royal van Gorcum, Assen | 2012

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John Barclay Argenis

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Engels | Latijn | 963 pagina's | Royal Van Gorcum, Assen | 2004

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Hugo Grotius The antiquity of the Batavian Republic

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Engels | Latijn | 184 pagina's | Van Gorcum, Assen | 2000

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Justus Lipsius Politica

six books of politics or political instruction

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Engels | Latijn | 839 pagina's | Royal Van Gorcum, Assen | 2004

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