Lipsius Dissertatiuncula Apud Principes
The text to be discussed is the oratio that Justus Lipsius delivered to the Archdukes Isabel Clara Eugenia and Alberto. My paper focuses on analysing Justus Lipsius’ speech as a eulogy to the archdukes. I will also study the paratexts accompanying the present edition, which is the subject of this study. The backbone of the work is to show the literary imprint of Lipsius in this discourse. On the one hand, the analysis of Lipsius’ discourse is carried out by taking into account the traces of his previous literary production in this discourse and the impact of the Dissertatiuncula apud principes in his later production will be highlighted; on the other hand I will take into account the theoretical principle of Lipsius: similitudo et imago plurima temporum nostrorum. The above-mentioned Latin expression is understood broadly, not limited to Tacitus.
