Jeannine De Landtsheer

Between colleagues: Bonaventura Vulcanius and Justus Lipsius

This chapter investigates the relationship between Bonaventura Vulcanius and Justus Lipsius, both men who were celebrated as founders of the young Leiden University because of their scholarly reputation and of their dedication as administrators. On 1 February 1578, Philip Marnix of St Aldegonde passed through Leiden on his way to Groningen. He was accompanied by Bonaventura Vulcanius, a man with an obvious knack for languages, who in December 1577 had become secretary of Marnix in Antwerp and almost at the same time was appointed head of the Latin School in that city. The catalogue of Vulcanius library also sheds an interesting light on the relation between the two scholars. Keywords: Bonaventura Vulcanius; Groningen; Justus Lipsius; Leiden University; St Aldegonde

Pius Lipsius Or Lipsius Proteus

This chapter determines, with the help of the correspondence, whether Lipsius was indeed an inconstant Proteus, changing religious sides whenever it suited him, or whether this biased point of view needs to be adjusted. It specifically focuses on the correspondence written during his thirteen-years stay in Leiden and the years immediately following. Lipsius had to adhere to the Lutheran creed, submit his qualification as magister artium , and present a testimony of moral integrity. In a letter written a year before his death, he asserted that the rumours about his writings in particular were exaggerated and flatly mendacious. Lipsiuss Jena period demonstrated his most opportunistic side. After his departure from Jena, Lipsius longed for the tranquillity of his estate. Lipsius clearly had good contacts with Philip Sidney and Thomas Cecil, Earl Burghley, who had been appointed governors of the aforementioned ports. Keywords: Leiden; Lipsius Proteus; Lutheran Jena; Philip Sidney; Pius Lipsius; Thomas Cecil