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Hugo Grotius

Type Figure Region Dutch Republic Time 1583–1645 Also known as Hugo Grotius、Hugo de Groot、格老秀斯

Dutch jurist, diplomat, and thinker, hailed as the father of international law;…

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  1. 1583–1612Delft · Dutch RepublicA prodigy, he published Mare Liberum in 1609 and completed De Jure Belli ac Pacis in 1625 (conceived earlier), establishing the systems of natural law and international law.
  2. 1613–1618Paris · FranceFrom 1613 to 1618 he represented the Dutch Republic as envoy to France, conducting diplomacy at the court of Louis XIII while continuing his legal and theological writing.
  3. 1618–1621Loevestein Castle · GelderlandArrested in 1618 amid religious and political conflict, he was sentenced to life imprisonment at Loevestein in 1619; in March 1621 he escaped in a book chest sent by his wife, fleeing via Antwerp to Paris.
  4. 1621–1645Paris · FranceIn exile in France and Sweden he continued writing, publishing De Jure Belli ac Pacis in 1625; later summoned by Queen Christina of Sweden as an envoy, he died of illness at Rostock in 1645 while traveling to Sweden.

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