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Torrentius’s views Govert Snoek, De Rosenkruizers in Nederland, Voornamelijk in de Eerste Helft van de 17de Eeuw. Een Inventarisatie (Ph.D. thesis, University of Utrecht, 1997), pp. 80–7.
Jeronimus and Torrentius How, then, it might be asked, did the word Torrentian find its way into Pelsaert’s journals? Torrentius’s trial had been such a cause célèbre that it is certainly possible the upper-merchant used it as a label for something he hardly understood. But Pelsaert was not in Holland when Van der Beeck was arraigned, and there is no sign that he was familiar with the minutiae of the charges or the trial. On the whole it seems more likely that it was indeed Jeronimus who brought up the painter’s name.
If so, Cornelisz’s reasoning remains obscure. Admitting that he had known such a notorious heretic was hardly likely to help his case, and it may be that Van der Beeck’s name was dragged from him under torture. However, it is perhaps more likely that Jeronimus volunteered it freely, perhaps with the intention of using it in mitigation—presenting himself as the painter’s dupe. Such an effort would be in keeping with his earlier attempt to place the blame for all the murders on his dead councillors, and it would have been equally characteristic for the under-merchant to assimilate a few of Torrentius’s beliefs into his own warped worldview, while ignoring any that did not fit his preconceived opinions.
“Well spoken” “Declaration in Short,” op. cit.
The psychology of Jeronimus Cornelisz Theodore Milton, Erik Simonsen, Morton Birek-Smith, and Roger Davis (eds.), Psychopathy: Antisocial, Criminal and Violent Behaviour (New York: Guildford Press, 1998), pp. 34–6, 161–9; Robert Hare, Without Conscience: The Disturbing World of the Psychopaths Among Us (New York: Guildford Press, 1999), pp. 12–4, 18, 34–5, 38, 40, 44, 46, 52, 135–6, 158, 166–70, 195–200; Hare, Psychopathy: Theory and Research (New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1970), pp. 95–109.
“Most clinicians and researchers . . .” Hare, Without Conscience, p. 22.
“Rebel without a cause” Cited in ibid., p. 81. In 1944, Lindner wrote a well-regarded study of criminal psychopathy titled Rebel Without a Cause, which was later turned—with extensive modifications—into the famous film of the same name.
“Psychopaths have a narcissistic view . . .” Hare, Without Conscience, p. 38.
“Careful observers . . .” Ibid., p. 52.
Psychopathy has no cure Ibid., pp. 195–7.
Source of Chapter Heading Quotes
Opening quote JFP 17 Sep 1629—Resolution of Francisco Pelsaert, JFP28 Sep 1629 (DB 144, 153)
Prologue From Francisco Pelsaert’s last letter to the Gentlemen XVII ofAmsterdam, 12 Dec 1629, ARA 1098, fol. 583–4 [DB 259–61]
Chapter 1 JFP 17 Sep 1629 [DB 158]
Chapter 2 John Keay, The Honourable Company: A History of the English EastIndia Company (London: HarperCollins, 1993), p. 34.
Chapter 3 Jacques Specx to the Gentlemen XVII, ARA VOC 1009 [DB77]
Chapter 4 JFP 19 Sep 1629 [DB 164]
Chapter 5 JFP 17 Sep 1629 [DB 158]
Chapter 6 Letter by an anonymous sailor, published in Leyds Veer-schuyts .. . [R235]
Chapter 7 JFP 19 Sep 1629 [DB 146]
Chapter 8 LGB
Chapter 9 JFP 2 Oct 1629 [DB 213]
Epilogue JFP 13–16 Nov 1629 [DB 222–37]
Bibliography
I. ARCHIVAL MATERIAL
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[a] Amsterdam
Gemeente Archief [Municipal Archive]
Baptismal registers
Marriage registers
Burial registers
Records of the Classis of Amsterdam
[b] Dordrecht
Gemeente Archief [Municipal Archive]
Baptismal registers
Marriage registers
Burial registers
Family Archive Balen
Records of the Church Council of Dordrecht
Transportregisters [Registers of transfers of ownership]
Oud-Notarieel Archief [Old Solicitors’ Archive]
Solicitors’ acts
[c] The Hague
Algemeen RijksArchief [General State Archive]
General correspondence, letters, and resolutions of the VOC
Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie
Van Welderen collection
Anonymous MS entitled Geschiedenis van het Geslacht