Description |
1 online resource (lxii, 538 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Series |
Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 139 |
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Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 139.
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Contents |
Jacob van Heemskerck's capture of the Santa Catarina and its justification in De Jure Praedae (1604-1606) -- Hugo Grotius and the Spanish black legend: humanist historiography and moral philosophy in De Jure Praedae --Why was De Jure Praedae written? -- Hugo Grotius and the peace negotiations between Spain and the United Provinces, 1607-1608 -- Hugo Grotius and the truce negotiations between Spain and the United Provinces, 1608-1609 -- VOC spokesman and lobbyist during the Twelve Years' Truce |
Summary |
This monograph is a study of the interaction of politics and political theory in The Netherlands and Asia in the early seventeenth century. Its focal point is the Dutch jurist Hugo Grotius (1583-1645), who developed his rights and contract theories for the benefit of the United Dutch East India Company or VOC. The monograph reconstructs the immediate historical context of his political thought, as conceptualized in his early manuscript De Jure Praedae/On the Law of Prize and Booty and Mare Liberum/The Free Sea (1609). It argues that Grotius' justification of Dutch interloping in the colonial empires of Spain and Portugal made possible the VOC's rise to power in the Malay Archipelago, which resulted in the slow, but steady, loss of selfdetermination on the part of the inhabitants of the Spice Islands |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-510) and indexes |
Notes |
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Subject |
Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645.
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SUBJECT |
Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645 fast |
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Grotius, Hugo. swd |
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Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie -- History
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East India Company -- History
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East India Company fast |
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Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie fast |
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Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie gnd |
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Natural law.
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International law -- History -- 17th century
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International relations.
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Imperialism.
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international relations.
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LAW -- International.
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Commerce
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Imperialism
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International law
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International relations
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Natural law
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Machtpolitik
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Wirtschaftspolitik
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Grundrecht
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Natuurrecht.
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Politieke filosofie.
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Overzeese expansie.
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Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie.
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Netherlands -- Commerce -- East Indies
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East Indies -- Commerce -- Netherlands
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Asia -- East Indies
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Netherlands
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Genre/Form |
History
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645.
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ISBN |
9781435614796 |
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1435614798 |
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9789047408949 |
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9047408942 |
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