Abstract
The Working Papers of Hugo Grotius is the first full-length study of the handwritten documents initially used by the author of Mare Liberum (1609) and De Jure Belli ac Pacis (1625) in his day-to-day activities as a scholar, lawyer, and politician, but subsequently incorporated into his own or other archives. Martine van Ittersum reconstructs a process of transmission, dispersal and loss that started during Grotius’ lifetime and ended with the papers’ auction in 1864. This is also a study of archival afterlives. Our understanding of Grotius’ life and work is shaped by the conscious decisions of previous generations to retain or discard documents, frequently for the sake of individual lives and careers, family honour and/or larger political and religious ends.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Leiden |
| Publisher | Brill Academic Publishers |
| Number of pages | 705 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789004536029 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789004536005 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2 May 2024 |
Publication series
| Name | Brill's Studies in Intellectual History |
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| Publisher | Brill Academic Publlshers |
| Volume | 343 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0920-8607 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 0920-8607 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Keywords
- Book History
- Materiality of Texts
- Hugo Grotius
- Archival History
- Legal History
- History of Canon Formation in the West
- History of Political Theory
- Republic of Letters
- Remonstrants
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Arts and Humanities
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