Hugo Grotius, Ordinum Hollandiae AC Westfrisiae Pietas (1613): Critical Edition with English Translation and Commentary

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BRILL, 1995 - History - 714 pages
This volume contains Hugo Grotius' first work in the field of church politics, originally published in 1613. The book was written to defend the policy of the States of Holland, which was being attacked by the orthodox Calvinistic party in the Netherlands. It was written with an eye to foreign Dutch allies, especially King James I.
Grotius' Latin text is here edited critically for the first time and provided with an introduction, an English translation and an extensive commentary. In several appendixes, various texts that are important for the background and the reception of the book are printed, many of them for the first time.
Ordinum Pietas is one of the key texts for the knowledge of the religious disputes in the Netherlands during the Twelve Years' Truce (1609-1621).
 

Contents

General Introduction
1
Grotius in England April May 1613
29
The writing of Grotius Ordinum pietas
37
Sources for the text
46
Sources of Ordinum pietas
73
Analysis of the contents
83
Remarks on editorial principles
91
Sigla
93
411
338
ad nonaginta novem errores Conradi Vorstii Franeker 1613
423
Fragments from contemporary correspondence
441
Sibrandus Lubbertus preface to Ad scriptum
545
Extract from Henry Jacob Reprehensio iusta
585
Sibrandus Lubbertus preface to Responsio
593
Hugo Grotius Bona fides Sibrandi Lubberti
601
dominorum Ordinum Hollandiae et Westfrisiae contra
621

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Latin text and English translation
243
405
327
Decretum illustrium ac potentum Ordinum
629
Bibliography
643
Indexes
677
Copyright

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About the author (1995)

Edwin Rabbie, Ph.D. (1986) in classics, University of Amsterdam, LL.M. (1994), Leiden University, is Fellow of the Constantijn Huygens Institute. He is co-editor of a volume of studies on Grotius' theological works, published in the present series.

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