Humanist, skeptic, acute observer of himself and others, Michel de Montaigne (1533-92) was the first to use the term "essay" to refer to the form he pioneered, and he has remained one of its most fam
In Navigatio libera Johann Gröning set out the rights of neutral nations to trade during the wars of the great powers during the Nine Years War (1688-1697). His text thereafter influenced neutral poli
