The banishment of Beverland : sex, sin, and scholarship in the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic / by Karen E. Hollewand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hollewand, Karen Eline, 1986- author.

Series:

Brill's Studies in Intellectual History 298.

Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; volume 298

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philologists--Netherlands--Biography.

Philologists.

Classicists--Netherlands--Biography.

Classicists.

Humanism--Netherlands--History--17th century.

Humanism.

Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Sex.

Sin, Original--History of doctrines.

Sin, Original.

Netherlands--Intellectual life--17th century.

Netherlands.

Netherlands--Church history--17th century.

Beverland, Hadriaan, 1650-1716.

Beverland, Hadriaan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

Summary:

In 1679 Hadriaan Beverland (1650-1716) was banished from the province of Holland. Why was this humanist scholar exiled from one of the most tolerant parts of Europe in the seventeenth century? To answer this question, this book places Beverland’s writings on sex, sin, and scholarship in their historical context for the first time. Beverland argued that sexual lust was the original sin and highlighted the importance of sex in human nature, ancient history, and his own society. His audacious works hit a raw nerve: Dutch theologians accused him of atheism, he was abandoned by his humanist colleagues, and he was banished by the University of Leiden. By positioning Beverland’s extraordinary scholarship in the context of the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic, this book examines how his radical studies challenged the intellectual, ecclesiastical, and political elite, providing a fresh perspective upon the Dutch Republic in the last decades of its Golden Age.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright page / Karen E. Hollewand

Dedication / Karen E. Hollewand

Acknowledgments / Karen E. Hollewand

Tables and Illustrations / Karen E. Hollewand

Abbreviations and Translations / Karen E. Hollewand

Note on Translations / Karen E. Hollewand

Introduction / Karen E. Hollewand

Banishment (1650–1680) / Karen E. Hollewand

Sin / Karen E. Hollewand

Scripture / Karen E. Hollewand

Scholarship / Karen E. Hollewand

Sex / Karen E. Hollewand

Exile (1680–1716) / Karen E. Hollewand

Conclusion / Karen E. Hollewand

Back Matter

Bibliography / Karen E. Hollewand

Index / Karen E. Hollewand.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-39632-2

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004396326 DOI