Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / K.A.E. Enenkel and M.S. Smith -- Introduction: Montaigne And The Low Countries—Synopsis And New Perspectives / Paul J. Smith -- Montaigne Et Erasme : Bilan Et Perspectives / Michel Magnien -- Echos De La Révolte : Montaigne Et Les Pays-Bas Du Xvie Siècle / Anton Van Der Lem -- Michel De Montaigne, Marie De Gournay And Justus Lipsius. Some Overlooked Particulars Preserved At Leiden University Library / Jeanine G. De Landtsheer -- Entre Lipse Et Scaliger : Bonaventure Vulcanius (1538–1614) Et La Première Réception Des Essais De Montaigne / Kees Meerhoff -- Dominicus Baudius Lecteur De Montaigne / Olivier Millet -- The Early Reception Of Montaigne In Holland: Van Hout, Coornhert And Spiegel / Johan Koppenol -- P.C. Hooft, Lecteur Et Imitateur De Montaigne / Jeroen Jansen -- Montaigne And Jacob Cats / Frans R.E. Blom -- Jan De Brune Le Jeune Montaignien / Ton Harmsen -- A Woman Translator Of Montaigne. Appreciation And Appropriation In Maria Heyns’s Bloemhof Der Doorluchtige Voorbeelden (1647) / Alicia C. Montoya -- A Very Personal Copy: Pieter Van Veen’s Illustrations To Montaigne’s Essais / Elmer Kolfin and Marrigje Rikken -- From Father To Son: Van Veen’s Montaigne And Van Ravesteyn’s Pieter Van Veen, His Son Cornelis And His Clerk Hendrick Borsman / Warren Boutcher -- La Lettre À Mlle Le Paulmier Retrouvée / Kees Meerhoff and Paul J. Smith -- Les Éditions Des Essais Avec Des Adresses Néerlandaises Aux XVIIE Et XVIIIE Siècles / Philippe Desan -- List Of Illustrations / K.A.E. Enenkel and M.S. Smith -- Index Nominum / K.A.E. Enenkel and M.S. Smith.

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Montaigne (1533-1592) is known as the inventor of the essay. His relativism, his craving for self-knowledge and his taste for freedom and tolerance have had a long-lasting influence in Europe. It is therefore surprising that until present no substantial study has been devoted to the multiple relationships between Montaigne and the Low Countries. This volume aims to fill this gap. It studies the Netherlandish presence in Montaigne’s Essays , represented by Erasmus and Lipsius and by contemporary history (the Dutch Revolt against Spain). It also deals with Montaigne’s translations and editions in the Dutch Golden Age, as well as his readership, which included humanists such as Scaliger and Vulcanius, the poets Hooft and Cats, and a painter, Pieter van Veen, who illustrated the Essays . Contributors include: Frans R.E. Blom, Warren Boutcher, Jeanine De Landtsheer, Philippe Desan, Karl A.E. Enenkel, Ton Harmsen, Jeroen Jansen, Johan Koppenol, Anton van der Lem, Michel Magnien, Kees Meerhoff, Olivier Millet, Alicia C. Montoya, Marrigje Rikken, and Paul J. Smith.

English and French.