The Neo-Latin Tradition in the Netherlands

• Coordinator
• General
• Objects of Research
• Members
• Associated Members
• PhD Students

Coordinator

• M.G.M. van der Poel Radboud University
• K.A.E. Enenkel Leiden University

General

This research group studies the developments of Neo-Latin text-types and genres in the Netherlands in the period ca. 1475-1650, with regard to the ancient tradition and ancient rhetorical theory. Research concentrates on various fields in which recent and ongoing research has proven extremely fruitful: the Neo-Latin (auto)biography, poetry and poetics, epistolography, Ciceronianism and Erasmus. The texts that are object of research are approached from two perspectives:

1. They are disclosed and made accessible to scholars by means of editions and commentaries: this is the basis of further research;
2. They are studied from a more theoretical perspective, using methods developed in literary theory and the study of Renaissance (auto)biography. 
   
   The latter field of studies has attracted much attention over the past decades, but Neo-Latin texts have often been excluded. Since Latin texts from the period were especially influential, it is necessary to straighten the balance. The research group collaborates with the Dutch ‘Neolatinistenverband’ and the Flemish Society for the study of Humanism and the Neo-Latin tradition (‘Orbis Neolatinus’).

Objects of Research

• The Neo-Latin (auto)biography: research into the genre of autobiography and biography;
• Epistolography: research into self-representation in letters and other autobiographical genres (deications, laudatory epigrams, prefaces, etc.); the correspondence of Petrus Canisius;
• Poetry and poetics: dissertations on the emblemata of Sambucus; the poetry of Jan van Foreest;
• Ciceronianism: research into the history of Ciceronianism in the sixteenth century (wih special attention to stylistics and literary history);
• Erasmus: mainly contributions to the Opera Omnia Desiderii Erasmi (ASD)

Members

• L.J. ter Beek (RU)
• F.R.E. Blom (UvA)
• H.-J. van Dam (VU)
• K.A.E. Enenkel (UL)
• M.G.M. van der Poel (RU)
• J. Waszink (RU)
• A. Wesseling (UvA)

Associated Members

• F. Akkerman (em. RUG)
• J.C. Bedaux
• J. Bloemendal (UvA/CHI)
• C.L. Heesakkers (em. UL)
• T. van Houdt (Leuven)
• A.H. van der Laan (RUG) 
• J. de Landtsheer (Leuven)
• T.L. ter Meer (UL)
• D.K.W. van Miert (London) 
• H.J.M. Nellen (CHI)
• W. Neuber (Frankfurt)
• J. Papy (Leuven)
• M. van Poll-van de Lisdonk
• D. Sacré (Leuven)
• G. Tournoy (Leuven)
• J. Trapman (CHI)
• A.S.Q. Visser (Leiden)

PhD Students

• I. Eltink (RU)
• W.J.C.M. Gelderblom (RU)
• M.J.M. van Oosterhout (RU)