Christendom's Ashes. Grotius' Occupatio Bellica and the Thirty Years' War

In this essay the author looks at the sources Hugo Grotius employed to forge his concept of military occupation in his 1642 edition of De iure belli ac pacis. This is a contribution on the theme of the reception of the Church Fathers, as it focuses on the use Grotius made of Cyril of Alexandria’s Contra Iulianum within a broader discussion on ius ad bellum and ius in bello, with particular reference to the main trends of scholarly production on the Thirty Years’ War.