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A letter to Oldenbarnevelt

Grotius’ correspondence from this period clearly...

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De Iure Belli ac Pacis

Written during Grotius’ exile and dedicated to h...

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A Letter to Nicolaas van Reigersberch

This letter written by Grotius is addressed to Nic...

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Bewys van den Waren Godsdienst

This is one of the books that Grotius worked on wh...

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Grotius Escorted to Loevestein

This newsprint depicts Grotius and Rombout Hogerbe...

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The Execution of Oldenbarnevelt

But things could have been worse. Grotius’ mento...

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Portrait of Johannes Uytenbogaert

It is understandable that Grotius thought that a r...

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Loevestein Castle

There is no map of Loevestein Castle in the Specia...

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A letter from Maria

Over the next years, the tension between the Remon...

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Ordinum Pietas

Perhaps encouraged by his new position as the Pens...

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A letter from Joost van den Vondel

Even though Grotius was back in Paris and now appo...

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A letter to Willem de Groot

In the autumn of 1631, Grotius travelled back to t...

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A letter to Nicolaas van Reigersberch

During his stay in Paris, Grotius continued his co...

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Mare Liberum

Mare Liberum (known nowadays in English as The Fre...

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The Hague

The Hague played an important part in Grotius’ l...

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Liberal arts

Scaliger encouraged Grotius to read the work of Ma...

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Joseph Justus Scaliger

But Grotius’ interest in law did not mean that h...

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Matriculation

This is where Grotius’ studies at Leiden Univers...

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Leyden

This map of Leiden, or Leyden in its older spellin...

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Young Grotius

This print was made by the Leiden engraver Jacob d...

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