Essay: Ukraine peace talks reveal a world slipping back into an acceptance of war. @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Ukraineconflict #Ukraine #Russia #USpeaceplan #Europe #EU #HugoGrotius #justwar
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![‘Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) - A Dutch jurist & humanist...the “father of international law.” In 1625, he wrote the 3-volume De Jure Belli ac Pacis (On the Law of War & Peace),...one of the earliest definitive texts on international law, along with those of Alberico Gentili & Francisco de Vitoria, pictured to the right of Grotius. Robinson depicted Grotius along a shoreline gesturing toward a departing ship, suggesting the global reach of his legal writings.’
‘Francisco de Vitoria (1480-1546) – A Spanish Dominican friar & legal scholar...was one of the founders of modern international law & was known for defending the legal rights of American Indians. ... Robinson based this portrait on [Scott]... Upon viewing the mural, Scott wrote to Robinson, “Words fail me to express my appreciation of the magnificent mural of Francisco de Vitoria...[F]rom the bottom of his heart the unworthy one whose likeness likeness Vitoria bears...thanks you for the most perfect portrait he has ever had.”’](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lcxdn7fcxeec4lw454ihzair/bafkreiftwovjb3fgtycuh2aocwnzfvwiqy2cidpvtiqcrswah5btk52ssa)
‘Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) - A Dutch jurist & humanist...the “father of international law.” In 1625, he wrote the 3-volume De Jure Belli ac Pacis (On the Law of War & Peace),...one of the earliest definitive texts on international law, along with those of Alberico Gentili & Francisco de Vitoria, pictured to the right of Grotius. Robinson depicted Grotius along a shoreline gesturing toward a departing ship, suggesting the global reach of his legal writings.’ ‘Francisco de Vitoria (1480-1546) – A Spanish Dominican friar & legal scholar...was one of the founders of modern international law & was known for defending the legal rights of American Indians. ... Robinson based this portrait on [Scott]... Upon viewing the mural, Scott wrote to Robinson, “Words fail me to express my appreciation of the magnificent mural of Francisco de Vitoria...[F]rom the bottom of his heart the unworthy one whose likeness likeness Vitoria bears...thanks you for the most perfect portrait he has ever had.”’
‘Great Codifiers of the Law. Grotius - Vitoria. Socrates’ (Likeness of Vitoria a portrait of Dr. James Brown Scott, then the Secretary of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.)
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Michiel van #Mierevelt (1566-1641)
Portrait of #HugoGrotius (1583-1645)
1631
#HetPrinsenhof
#Grotius #HugodeGroot
#JanvanRavesteyn (1572-1657)
Portrait of #HugoGrotius (1583-1645)
1599
Fondation Custodia
#Grotius #HugodeGroot
Renisa Mawani explores the writings of #HugoGrotius, the idea of the “free sea” and the relationship between law, trade and colonisation.
🔎 The #ConnectedSociologies Curriculum Project offers free open-access educational resources, including lectures, lesson plans and readings.
Delft, Niederlande #delft #niederlande #netherlands #suedholland #nieuwekerk #altesrathaus #hugogrotius
