Profit and principle : : Hugo Grotius, natural rights theories and the rise of Dutch power in the East Indies, 1595-1615 / / by Martine Julia van Ittersum.

• Superior document: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 139
• Author: Van Ittersum, Martine Julia, 1968-
• TeilnehmendeR: Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2006.
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 139; Brill's Studies in Intellectual History 139.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (lxii, 538 p. ); ill., maps
• Notes: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Martine Julia van Ittersum -- Chapter One: Jacob van Heemskerck’s Capture of the Santa Catarina and Its Justification in De Jure Praedae (1604–1606) / Martine Julia van Ittersum -- Chapter Two: Hugo Grotius and the Spanish Black Legend: Humanist Historiography and Moral Philosophy in De Jure Praedae / Martine Julia van Ittersum -- Chapter Three: Why Was De Jure Praedae Written? / Martine Julia van Ittersum -- Chapter Four: Hugo Grotius and the Peace Negotiations between Spain and the United Provinces, 1607–1608 / Martine Julia van Ittersum -- Chapter Five: Hugo Grotius and the Truce Negotiations between Spain and the United Provinces, 1608–1609 / Martine Julia van Ittersum -- Chapter Six: VOC Spokesman and Lobbyist during the Twelve Years’ Truce / Martine Julia van Ittersum -- Epilogue / Martine Julia van Ittersum -- Bibliography / Martine Julia van Ittersum -- Author Index / Martine Julia van Ittersum -- Subject Index / Martine Julia van Ittersum.