Correspondence exchanged between 1632 and 1648 by Claude SAU - Lot 90

Correspondence exchanged between 1632 and 1648 by Claude SAUMAISE (1588–1653) and André RIVET (1587–1651). Published and annotated, with an introduction and two indexes, by Pierre Leroy & Hans Bots. Amsterdam, 1987. In-8, XXXV + 573 pp., publisher’s cloth binding. A collection of 273 letters, two-thirds of which were written by Saumaise. “This rich source provides, in particular, many interesting details about daily life at the University of Leiden, the polemics between Hensius and Saumaise, the debate on usury and the Hellenistic language, the political pressures exerted by Richelieu, the controversy with Grotius, the project to reunite the Churches...”. Included are: - LASTRAIOLI (Chiara) & M. R. CHIAPPARO. Reformation and Counter-Reformation at the Time of the Birth and Rise of Totalitarianism (1900–1940). Proceedings of the International Colloquium in Tours, compiled and published by... Turnhout, 2008. In-8, 336 pp., [5 ff.], paperback, illustrated cover. Text of the 13 papers (two of which are in Italian). Very useful index of names cited. - LEROY (Pierre). The Last Journey to Paris and Burgundy, 1640–1643, by the Reformer Claude Saumaise (1588–1653). Academic Freedom and Political Coercion under Richelieu. Amsterdam, 1983. 8vo, 280 pp., paperback. Two plates. - The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes and the United Provinces. The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes and the Dutch Republic. International Congress... Leiden 1985. Fifteen lectures in English or French, edited by J. A. H. Bots and J. H. M. Posthumus Meyjes. Amsterdam, 1986. 8vo, 228 pp., paperback. - LESTRINGANT (Frank). The Huguenot and the Savage. America and the Colonial Controversy in France During the Wars of Religion (1555–1589). Geneva, 2004. In-8, 632 pp., paperback. “This book focuses on the Huguenot corpus of texts on America. In the 16th century, most of the French ventures in the New World were undertaken by Protestants... ” - MANDROU (Robert) et al. History of the Protestants in France. Toulouse, Privat, 1977. In-4, publisher’s binding, dust jacket. 490 pp., [3 ff.], illustrations within and outside the text