Hugo Grotius, Annals of the War in the Low Countries : Edition, Translation, and Introduction.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Hugo Grotius' Annales et Historiae -- 2. The AH and the States of Holland, the Revolt and the Truce Conflicts -- 2.1. The main setting -- 2.2. The publication plans for the AH in 1612-13 -- 2.3. The States and History -- 2.4. The Truce Conflicts -- 3. Hugo Grotius -- 4. Tacitism and Reason of State in the Annales et Historiae -- 5. The Statesman-Historian: Grotius and the historian's role in society -- 6. Controversial content and the non-publication of the AH in 1612-1613 -- 7. Tacitism -- 7.1. Tacitist content and ideas -- 7.2. Syntax and forms of Grotius' imitation of Tacitus' literary style -- 7.3. Compositorial aspects and narrative structure -- 7.3.1. Is there dramatic structuring in the AH? -- 7.4. Conclusion: Grotius' imitation of Tacitus -- 8. Some important characters in the AH -- 8.1. William the Silent -- 8.2. Philip II -- 8.3. Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester -- 9. Other aspects -- 9.1. Grotius and the Twelve Years' Truce -- 9.2. The AH's relationship with Grotius' other works -- 9.3. Grotius as Historian -- 9.4. Is there a sense of 'Netherlands' or 'Dutch' nationhood in the Annales? -- 10. Sources of the Annales et Historiae -- 11. The composition and reception of the Annales et Historiae -- 11.1. Original composition and manuscripts -- 11.2. Reception during Grotius' lifetime -- 11.3. The survival of the manuscripts -- 11.4. The printed editions of 1657-1658 -- 11.5. The AH and the Vatican Index of Forbidden Books 1657-1659 -- 11.6. Translations -- 11.7. Further reception, 17th-21st centuries -- 11.8. Scholarship on the text -- 12. Conclusion -- This edition -- 1. Principles of this edition -- 1.1. Sigla -- 1.2. Neo-Latin aspects -- 2. About this translation -- Summaries of annales 1-5 -- Appendix 1. The extant manuscripts of the Historiae -- Appendix 2. The Vatican Index reports.

Appendix 3. Biographical epilogues on Philip II by Grotius and by Van Meteren -- Appendix 4. The Nijmegen copy of Pompeio Giustiniani's Bellum Belgicum -- Appendix 5. Pieter Feddes van Harlingen's 'Monster' print of 1619 -- Appendix 6. Sententiae and epigrams in Annales 1 and 2 -- Appendix 7. Book summaries by the editors of 1657 -- Bibliography -- Illustration credits -- Index to the Introduction -- Index of Names to the Translation and notes.

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