Annals of the War in the Low Countries Grotius Hugo
Annals of the War in the Low Countries Grotius Hugo Grotius on the Dutch Revolt and the fundamentality of reason of stateThe Annals of the War in the Low Countries is one of Hugo Grotius'…
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Annals of the War in the Low Countries Grotius Hugo
Grotius on the Dutch Revolt and the fundamentality of reason of stateThe Annals of the War in the Low Countries is one of Hugo Grotius' lesser-known works. To convey this complex and controversial vision of the foundational years of the Dutch Republic, Grotius chose the worldview and the prose style of the Roman historian Cornelius Tacitus as his model. 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.
His commissioners, however - the States of Holland - did not publish the work when it was finished in 1612; it appeared in print posthumously in 1657.This is the first edition of Grotius'
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