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This medal has been minted in France in 1823 to commemorate a Dutch jurist, Hugo Grotius, 1583 - 1645.
This medal has been designed by CAQUE.
Hugo Grotius (/ˈɡroʊʃiəs/; 10
April 1583 – 28 August 1645), also known as Huig de Groot (Dutch:
[ˈɦœyɣ də ɣroːt]) or Hugo
de Groot (Dutch: [ˈɦyɣoː
də ɣroːt]), was a Dutch jurist. Along with the earlier
works of Francisco de Vitoria and Alberico
Gentili, he laid the foundations for international law,
based on natural
law. A teenage intellectual prodigy, he was born
in Delft and studied
at Leiden
University. He was imprisoned for his involvement in the
intra-Calvinist disputes of the Dutch Republic, but
escaped hidden in a chest of books. Grotius wrote most of his major works in
exile in France.
av. Hugo
Grotius
rv. The commemorative inscription in Latin
diameter
- 41 mm (1⅝ “)
weight
– 38.30 gr, (1.35 oz)
metal – bronze, beautiful old patina
It is thought that Hugo Grotius was not
the first to formulate the international society doctrine, but he was one of
the first to define expressly the idea of one society of states, governed not
by force or warfare but by actual laws and mutual agreement to enforce those
laws. As Hedley
Bull declared in 1990: "The idea of
international society which Grotius propounded was given concrete expression in
the Peace of Westphalia,
and Grotius may be considered the intellectual father of this first general
peace settlement of modern times." Additionally, his contributions to
Arminian theology helped
provide the seeds for later Arminian-based movements, such as Methodism and Pentecostalism;
Grotius is acknowledged as a significant figure in the Arminianism–Calvinism
debate. Because of his theological underpinning of free trade, he is also
considered an "economic theologist".