Profit and Principle - Hugo Grotius, Natural Rights Theories and the Rise of Dutch Power in the East Indies, 1595-1615

An in-depth study of Hugo Grotius' involvement with the Dutch East India Company or VOC, this monograph uncovers the ideological origins of the First Dutch Empire, particularly the implications of Grotius' rights theories for European merchants and their indigenous trading partners.

About the author

Martine Julia van Ittersum, Ph.D. (2002) in History, Harvard University, is Lecturer in European History at the University of Dundee in Scotland (UK).

Product details

• Authors: Martine van Ittersum
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2006
• EAN: 9789004149793
• ISBN: 978-90-04-14979-3
• No. of pages: 608
• Dimensions: 174 mm x 248 mm x 47 mm
• Weight: 1209 g
• Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectua
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)