“A Man of Intrigue but of No Virtue”: Jean-Baptiste Stouppe (1623–1692), a Libertine between Raison d’ État and Religion
Abstract This chapter reconstructs the life of Jean-Baptiste Stouppe (1623–1692), a Huguenot of Italian origin who in the 1650s moved to England and was employed by Oliver Cromwell in important diplomatic / espionage missions. Passing into the service of Louis XIV as a soldier, he published some pro...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Church history and religious culture
Year: 2021, Volume: 101, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 306-323 |
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Jean-Baptiste Stouppe
B Waldensians B Religious propaganda B Dutch Republic B Spinoza B Louis XIV B Libertinism B Oliver Cromwell |
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Summary: | Abstract This chapter reconstructs the life of Jean-Baptiste Stouppe (1623–1692), a Huguenot of Italian origin who in the 1650s moved to England and was employed by Oliver Cromwell in important diplomatic / espionage missions. Passing into the service of Louis XIV as a soldier, he published some pro-French propaganda works aimed at Protestants, including a famous description of Dutch religious life, published in 1673, notorious for its negative portrayal of Spinoza’s philosophy. While presenting himself as a defender of Protestant orthodoxy, Stouppe was in fact a libertine with magical-alchemical interests. An unscrupulous and ambiguous figure, his intellectual trajectory is clearly inserted in what has been defined as the crisis of the European conscience. |
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ISSN: | 1871-2428 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Church history and religious culture
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18712428-bja10026 |