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Liber de Antiquitate Reipublicae Batavicae

Liber de Antiquitate Reipublicae Batavicae HUGO DE GROOT, Liber de Anliqllilale Reipllblicae Batavicae. Vertaald en in- geleid door het Collegium Classicum c.n. E.D.E.P.O.L. Arnhem: Gouda Quint, 1995. xxix, 179 pp. ISBN 90-387-0400-3. Pr. f 37,50. In 1610 Hugo Grotius published his De Anfiquilafe Reipublicae Bafavicae, which was printed in a Latin and a Dutch version. The Dutch version, which is an authorized translation of the Latin text, has recently been edited by G.c. Molewijk (De oudheid van de Balaafse nIl HollandsI' Repllbliek. Weesp 1988). Until now the Latin text has not been available in a modern scholarly edition. This edition by a 'sodalicium' of students of classical languages at Leiden Uni- versity is therefore highly welcome. Grotius wrote this treatise - as he told his friend Isaac Casaubonus in a let- ter - "in commendationem reipublicae nostrae" and in all probability in con- nection with his function of official historiographer of the States of Holland. His aim was twofold: to strengthen the sense of identity of the new Dutch Re- public by presenting a consistent view of the past, and to defend the political status quo at a moment where the Dutch Republic seemed to have entered a new phase in its short http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Grotiana Brill

Liber de Antiquitate Reipublicae Batavicae

Grotiana , Volume 16 (1): 125 – Jan 1, 1995

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© 1995 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0167-3831
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1876-0759
DOI
10.1163/016738312X13397477909785
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HUGO DE GROOT, Liber de Anliqllilale Reipllblicae Batavicae. Vertaald en in- geleid door het Collegium Classicum c.n. E.D.E.P.O.L. Arnhem: Gouda Quint, 1995. xxix, 179 pp. ISBN 90-387-0400-3. Pr. f 37,50. In 1610 Hugo Grotius published his De Anfiquilafe Reipublicae Bafavicae, which was printed in a Latin and a Dutch version. The Dutch version, which is an authorized translation of the Latin text, has recently been edited by G.c. Molewijk (De oudheid van de Balaafse nIl HollandsI' Repllbliek. Weesp 1988). Until now the Latin text has not been available in a modern scholarly edition. This edition by a 'sodalicium' of students of classical languages at Leiden Uni- versity is therefore highly welcome. Grotius wrote this treatise - as he told his friend Isaac Casaubonus in a let- ter - "in commendationem reipublicae nostrae" and in all probability in con- nection with his function of official historiographer of the States of Holland. His aim was twofold: to strengthen the sense of identity of the new Dutch Re- public by presenting a consistent view of the past, and to defend the political status quo at a moment where the Dutch Republic seemed to have entered a new phase in its short

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Published: Jan 1, 1995

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