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In this article it is argued that the Dutch humanist Dirck Volckertszoon Coornhert (1522–1590) consolidates his previous anti-dogmatic thoughts about religious tolerance in his imaginary Synod on the Freedom of Conscience (1582). In this pivotal and still relevant work, situated in a place called Freetown, leading West-European Calvinists, Roman-Catholics and biblical persons – including the sage...
The article discusses the Jodenreglement (Jewish regulations) of Hugo Grotius (1615) and the circumstances under which this treatise was written. After a brief overview of the development of the concept of “tolerance”, a short survey of the Jewish presence in the Netherlands is given. The article then discusses the reasons for drafting the treatise, the life of Hugo Grotius and the text itself which...
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