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dc.contributor.authorBarlaeus, Caspar
dc.contributor.editorPost, Anna-Luna
dc.contributor.editorVermeulen, Corinna
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-23 23:55
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-27 15:48:21
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T09:57:44Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T09:57:44Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier1005721
dc.identifierOCN: 1104134869en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24394
dc.description.abstractOn 9 January 1632, at the inauguration of the Amsterdam Illustrious School - the predecessor of the city's university - Caspar Barlaeus delivered a speech that has continued to arouse the curiosity of researchers and the general public alike: Mercator sapiens. This famous oration on the wise merchant is now considered a key text of the Dutch Golden Age. At the same time it is surrounded by misunderstandings regarding Barlaeus himself, the nascent Illustrious School, and Amsterdam's merchant culture. This volume presents the first English translation and the first critical edition of the Mercator sapiens, preceded by an introduction providing historical context and a fresh interpretation of this intriguing text.Anna-Luna Post and Corinna Vermeulen shed new light on the roles of humanist scholarship and rhetoric in Holland's metropolis. Caspar Barlaeus's 1632 oration, The Wise Merchant, has often been cited but seldom read. Their edition, translation and introduction set the work into its historical context with learning, clarity and economy. - Anthony Grafton
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world historyen_US
dc.subject.otherSociety & culture: general
dc.titleThe Wise Merchant
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.1515/9789048540020
oapen.relation.isPublishedBydd3d1a33-0ac2-4cfe-a101-355ae1bd857a
oapen.relation.isbn9789048540020
oapen.pages120
oapen.place.publicationAmsterdam
oapen.identifier.ocn1104134869


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