Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Hugo Grotius
- Cambridge Companions to Law
- The Cambridge Companion to Hugo Grotius
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chronology
- Abbreviations and Short Titles of Works by Grotius
- Editions and Translations of Grotius’ Work
- Introduction
- Part I Grotius in Context
- Part II Concepts
- Part III Grotius as a Man of Letters, Theologian and Political Writer
- 14 Literary Writings
- 15 Historical Writings
- 16 Theological Writings
- 17 Political Writings
- Part IV Grotius as a Legal Scholar
- Part V The Reception of Grotius
- Index
- References
15 - Historical Writings
from Part III - Grotius as a Man of Letters, Theologian and Political Writer
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 September 2021
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Hugo Grotius
- Cambridge Companions to Law
- The Cambridge Companion to Hugo Grotius
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chronology
- Abbreviations and Short Titles of Works by Grotius
- Editions and Translations of Grotius’ Work
- Introduction
- Part I Grotius in Context
- Part II Concepts
- Part III Grotius as a Man of Letters, Theologian and Political Writer
- 14 Literary Writings
- 15 Historical Writings
- 16 Theological Writings
- 17 Political Writings
- Part IV Grotius as a Legal Scholar
- Part V The Reception of Grotius
- Index
- References
Summary
In this chapter five main themes emerge with respect to the historiographical side of Grotius' works: (1) the polarity between constitutionalism and patriotism on the one hand, and reason of state and Scepticism on the other; (2) Grotius’ ‘secularising’ reading of history; (3) the close correlation between scholarship and politics; (4) Grotius’ use of sources and his relation to contemporary developments in Antiquarianism; and (5) the important role of historical perspectives in his other works such as De Jure Belliand the Annotationeson the New Testament.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Hugo Grotius , pp. 315 - 338Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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Further Reading
Damon, D., den Hengst, D. , van der Poel, M., Waszink, J.,: ‘Dossier: Tacitus and Grotius’, Grotiana N.S. 29 (2008) and 30 (2009).Google Scholar
Waszink, J., ‘Tacitism in Holland: Hugo Grotius’ Annales et Historiae de rebus Belgicis’, in Schnur, Rhoda (ed.), Acta Conventus Neo-Latini Bonnensis: Proceedings of the 12th International Congress of Neo-Latin Studies (Bonn, 2003; Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies 315, 2006).Google Scholar
Waszink, J., ‘Lipsius and Grotius: Tacitism’, History of European Ideas 39 (2013) 151–68.CrossRefGoogle Scholar