The Working Papers of Hugo Grotius : : Transmission, Dispersal, and Loss, 1604-1864.

• Superior document: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History Series ; v.343
• Author: van Ittersum, Martine Julia.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : BRILL,, 2024.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (753 pages)

An examination of the transmission, dispersal and loss of handwritten documents initially used in Grotius' day-to-day activities as a scholar, lawyer, and politician, but subsequently incorporated into his own or other archives.

Table of Contents

Intro -- ‎Contents -- ‎Acknowledgements -- ‎Maps and Figures -- ‎Chapter 1. Introduction: Hugo Grotius and the Microsociologies of Archives -- ‎1. Early Modern Scholars and Textual Production and Loss -- ‎2. The Role of Material Wealth in Preserving Personal Archives and Libraries -- ‎3. The Materiality of Texts and the Microsociologies of Archives -- ‎4. The Life and Times of Hugo Grotius -- ‎5. The Fate of Grotius' Working Papers -- ‎Chapter 2. Knowledge Production and Records Management in Early Modern Europe: The Case of Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) -- ‎1. Grotius' Working Methods as a Lawyer and Government Official -- ‎2. Is There a Start Date for Grotius' Personal Archive? -- ‎3. Where Did Grotius Keep His Books and Papers? -- ‎4. The Working Methods of an Early Modern Scholar -- ‎5. Access to Printed and Manuscript Materials -- ‎6. How Grotius Involved His Relatives and Remonstrant Friends in Knowledge Production -- ‎7. Circulating Manuscripts in the Republic of Letters -- ‎8. The Role of Grotius' Relatives and Remonstrant Friends in Printed Publication -- ‎9. Conclusion -- ‎Chapter 3. Confiscated Manuscripts and Books: What Happened to Grotius' Books and Papers Following His Arrest on Treason Charges in 1618? -- ‎1. What Do We Know about the Confiscation Proceedings in 1618-1620? -- ‎2. Did Grotius' Relatives Squirrel Away Sensitive Materials Following His Arrest in August 1618? -- ‎3. To Which Books and Papers Did Grotius Have Access in Captivity? -- ‎4. How Jan de Groot Recovered Some of His Son's Books and Papers in Summer 1621 -- ‎5. What Happened to Grotius' Confiscated Papers? -- ‎6. What Happened to Grotius' Confiscated Books? -- ‎7. Conclusion -- ‎Chapter 4. Creating a (Definitive) Corpus of Writings: How Grotius' Employers, Relatives, and Remonstrant Friends Shaped His Intellectual Legacy (1645-1679).

‎1. Grotius' Intellectual Legacy as a Family Project -- ‎2. What Happened to the Book Collection Sold to Christina of Sweden? -- ‎3. Manuscript Hunters in Paris, London, and the Low Countries -- ‎4. Pieter de Groot's Stewardship of His Father's Working Papers (1653-1660) -- ‎5. Grotius' Intellectual Legacy in the Era of the 'True Freedom' and Beyond (1660-1678) -- ‎6. What Happened to the Working Papers Inherited by the Descendants of Willem de Groot? -- ‎7. Conclusion -- ‎Chapter 5. Preserving and Editing Grotius' Manuscripts for the Sake of Family Honor and the Remonstrant Cause (1679-1747) -- ‎1. Publishing, Advertising and Deconstructing Epistolae Quotquot Reperiri Potuerunt -- ‎2. A Remonstrant Hero: How Jean le Clerc Shaped Grotius' Intellectual Legacy -- ‎3. Circulating Manuscripts in the Republic of Letters in the Eighteenth Century -- ‎4. Writing and Publishing an Authoritative Biography of Hugo Grotius -- ‎5. Memorialization through Physical Artifacts -- ‎6. The Cornets de Groot Family in Bergen op Zoom -- ‎7. Conclusion -- ‎Chapter 6. Confronting Grotius' Legacy in an Age of Revolution: The Cornets de Groot Family in Rotterdam (1748-1798) -- ‎1. The Cornets de Groot Family as Beneficiaries of the Stadtholders' Patronage -- ‎2. The Establishment of a Grotius Memorial in the New Church in Delft -- ‎3. A Patriot Revolution in Rotterdam -- ‎4. The Patriot Politics of Paulus Gevers -- ‎5. Hugo Grotius and Pieter de Groot as Patriot Icons -- ‎6. Jan Cornets de Groot's Efforts to Overturn the Patriot Revolution in Rotterdam -- ‎7. Papers, Portraits, and Memorabilia Passed Down the Generations -- ‎8. Status Symbols: Ancestral Portraits and Grotius Memorabilia -- ‎9. An Inventory of the Papers of Hugo Grotius and Pieter de Groot (April 1778) -- ‎Chapter 7. Constructing a Conservative National Hero in Response to Patriot Radicalism (1787-1815).

‎1. Grotius as the Embodiment of Republican Virtue -- ‎2. The Rediscovery of the Parallelon Rerumpublicarum and the Making of a Dutch National Hero -- ‎3. What Can the Visser Collection Tell Us About the Transmission and Dispersal of Grotius' Working Papers? -- ‎4. How Jacobus Scheltema Rearranged Grotius' Working Papers and Marked Up the 1778 Inventory -- ‎Chapter 8. End of the Lineage: How Hugo Cornets de Groot Disposed of His Grotiana (1803-1864) -- ‎1. A Visit from Lieutenant-General A.W.H. Nolthenius de Man in March 1832 -- ‎2. An Epistolary Exchange between Johan Pieter Cornets de Groot van Kraaijenburg and Distant Relatives in Cuyck and Nijmegen -- ‎3. Why Did Hugo Cornets de Groot Become Estranged from His Relatives? -- ‎4. The Death of a Lonely Bachelor in Cuyck in February 1864 -- ‎5. How Jean Baptiste Regouin Rearranged the Working Papers of Hugo Grotius and Pieter de Groot, and Then Sold These to a Tobacco Merchant -- ‎Chapter 9. Preparing for the Auction of Grotius' Working Papers, Mostly Behind the Scenes (February-November 1864) -- ‎1. Christiaan Snelleman, Rotterdam Merchant and Remonstrant -- ‎2. A List of Grotiana Compiled by the Remonstrant Minister C.P. Tiele -- ‎3. How P.A. Tiele Put Together an Auction Catalogue, and Divided Up Manuscript Volumes into Multiple Lots -- ‎4. The Auctioneer Martinus Nijhoff -- ‎5. How Frederik Muller Did Business with the Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij -- ‎Chapter 10. The 1864 Auction of the Working Papers of Hugo Grotius and Pieter de Groot, and What Happened Next -- ‎1. How Nijhoff Conducted the Auction and Presented Its Outcome to the Public -- ‎2. The Story Behind the Swedish Government's Acquisition of Grotiana -- ‎3. What Happened to Lots 1-42? -- ‎4. The Bid and Strike Prices of Lots 43-99, as well as the Potential and Actual Buyers -- ‎5. The 1864 Auction in Comparative Context.

‎6. What Explains the Dutch Government's Total Lack of Involvement? -- ‎7. How Johan Pieter Cornets de Groot van Kraaijenburg (Re)Assembled a Collection of Family Papers -- ‎Chapter 11. Conclusion -- ‎Appendix 1. The 1778 Inventory of the Working Papers of Hugo Grotius and Pieter de Groot, with Notes by Jacobus Scheltema -- ‎Appendix 2. Jacobus Scheltema's Rearrangement of the Working Papers of Hugo Grotius and Pieter de Groot (May 1803) -- ‎Appendix 3. "Short Description of the Contents of the Enclosed Books, Volumes of Letters, Parchments with Seals Attached to Them, etc., Left by Hugo Grotius" -- ‎Appendix 4. A List of Grotiana Compiled by C.P. Tiele, at the Request of Christiaan Snelleman (August 1864) -- ‎Appendix 5. The Auction of the Working Papers of Hugo Grotius and Pieter de Groot: Bid Prices, Strike Prices, and Horse Trading Behind the Scenes (November 1864) -- ‎Appendix 6. The Auction Proceeds: The Final Receipt Sent to Christiaan Snelleman by Martinus Nijhoff -- ‎Appendix 7. Grotius' Working Papers as Rearranged by P.A. Tiele -- ‎Appendix 8. Inheriting Ancestral Portraits and Papers: A Select Genealogical Chart -- ‎Bibliography -- ‎Index.