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Hugo Grotius

1583–1645

3 standalone books

Hugo Grotius, also known as Hugo de Groot, was a Dutch humanist, diplomat, lawyer, theologian, jurist, statesman, poet, and playwright. A teenage prodigy, he was born in Delft and studied at Leiden University. He was imprisoned in Loevestein Castle for his involvement in the controversies over the religious policy of the Dutch Republic but escaped hidden in a chest of books, and he wrote most of his major works in exile in France.

Born
1583

Books by Hugo Grotius

  1. Cover of De jure belli ac pacis

    De jure belli ac pacis

    1625

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  2. Cover of Mare Liberum, sive de jure quod Batavis competit ad Indicana commercia dissertatio

    Mare Liberum, sive de jure quod Batavis competit ad Indicana commercia dissertatio

    1609

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  3. Cover of The Rights of War and Peace

    The Rights of War and Peace

    Year unknown

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