The Twelve Years Truce (1609) : peace, truce, war, and law in the low countries at the turn of the 17th century / edited by Randall Lesaffer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lesaffer, Randall, editor.

Series:

Legal history library. Studies in the history of international law ; Volume 6.

Legal History Library, 1874-1793 ; Volume 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Benelux countries--History.

Law.

Netherlands--History--Twelve Years' Truce, 1609-1621.

Netherlands.

Netherlands--History--Eighty Years' War, 1568-1648.

Spain. Treaties, etc--United Provinces of the Netherlands, 1609 April 9.

Spain.

Spain. Treaties, etc--United Provinces of the Netherlands, 1648 January 30.

Treaty of Antwerp (1609 April 9).

Treaty of Antwerp.

Treaty of Münster (1648 January 30).

Treaty of Münster.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill Nijhoff, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Twelve Years Truce of 9 April 1609 made a temporary end to the hostilities between Spain and the Northern Netherlands that had lasted for over four decades. The Truce signified a crucial step in the recognition of the Republic of the Northern Netherlands as a sovereign power. As the direct source of inspiration for the 1648 Peace of Munster the Truce is a crucial text in the formation of the early modern law of nations. As few other texts, it reflects the radical changes to the laws of war and peace from around 1600. The Twelve Years Truce offers a collection of essays by leading specialists on the diplomatic and legal history of the Antwerp Truce of 1609. The first part covers the negotiation process leading up to the Truce. The second part collects essays on the consequences of the Truce on the state of war. In the third part, the consequences of the Truce for the sovereignty of the Northern and Southern Netherlands as well as it wider significance for the changing laws of war and peace of the age are scrutinised.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Randall Lesaffer

Introduction / Randall Lesaffer

The Twelve Years Truce: Textual Explanations / Paul Brood

Preparing the Ground: The Cession of the Netherland’s Sovereignty in 1598 and the Failure of its Peace-Making Objective, 1607–1609 / Alicia Esteban Estríngana

The Act of Cession, the 1598 and 1600 States General in Brussels and the Peace Negotiations during the Dutch Revolt / Bram De Ridder and Violet Soen

The Anglo-Spanish Peace Treaty of 1604: A Rehearsal for Belgian Diplomats? / Alain Wijffels

Left ‘Holding the Bag’: The Johor-voc Alliance and the Twelve Years Truce (1606–1613) / Peter Borschberg

The Tactical Military Revolution and Dutch Army Operations during the Era of the Twelve Years Truce (1592–1618) / Olaf van Nimwegen

‘Une oppression insupportable au peuple’: The Impact of Contributions on Armistice, Peace and Truce Negotiations / Tim Piceu

The United Provinces: ‘Free’ or ‘Free and Sovereign’? / Beatrix C.M. Jacobs

How ‘Sovereign’ were the Southern Netherlands under the Archdukes? / Georges Martyn

The Early Doctrine of International Law as a Bridge from Antiquity to Modernity and Diplomatic Inviolability in 16th- and 17th-Century European Practice / Carlo Focarelli

From Antwerp to Munster (1609/1648): Truce and Peace under the Law of Nations / Randall Lesaffer , Erik-Jan Broers and Johanna Waelkens

‘La dernière ancre de leur finesse’: Truce and Peace Treaties as Criteria for bellum justum in Early Modern Europe / Bernd Klesmann

The Treaty of London, the Twelve Years Truce and Religious Toleration in Spain and the Netherlands (1598–1621) / Werner Thomas.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-27492-8

OCLC:

884646454

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004274921 DOI