|  | The Williamite Universe, in collaboration with the Centre for Early modern Studies (CEMS), hosted a conference on 12 and 13 December 2003 entitled ‘Inside Out and Outside In: A New Look at the 17th Century Republic of Letters’. Central theme was the ideas, characteristics and mechanics of cultural and intellectual life in 17th century Protestant Europe. On the first day, the conference concentrated on the ‘geographical entity’ formed by the United Provinces, Britain, Switzerland and parts of Germany and France. On the second day, the focus was on the outsiders’ perception of this ‘Protestant’ learned world and the impact and reception of its ideas outside this geographic sphere. |
