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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511688503321

Autore

Hollewand Karen Eline <1986->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2019]

ISBN

90-04-39632-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (326 pages)

Collana

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

Disciplina

001.3092

Soggetti

Philologists - Netherlands

Classicists - Netherlands

Humanism - Netherlands - History - 17th century

Sex - Religious aspects - Christianity

Sin, Original - History of doctrines

Electronic books.

Netherlands Intellectual life 17th century

Netherlands Church history 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.