Raymond van Uytven
Belgian medievalist (1933–2018)
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Raymond van Uytven (1 February 1933 – 20 December 2018) was a Belgian medievalist, a specialist in the economic and urban history of the medieval Duchy of Brabant, who was a professor at the University of Antwerp and the University of Leuven.
BornFebruary 1, 1933
Leuven, Belgium
DiedDecember 20, 2018 (aged 85)
Halle-Booienhoven, Zoutleeuw, Belgium
KnownforResearch on the Duchy of Brabant and medieval urban economy
Raymond van Uytven | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 1, 1933 Leuven, Belgium |
| Died | December 20, 2018 (aged 85) Halle-Booienhoven, Zoutleeuw, Belgium |
| Known for | Research on the Duchy of Brabant and medieval urban economy |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | KU Leuven |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Medieval history, economic history, urban history |
| Institutions | University of Antwerp, KU Leuven |
Notable works | De zinnelijke middeleeuwen, Production and Consumption in the Low Countries, Geschiedenis van de dorst |
Life
Van Uytven studied at the Catholic University of Leuven. He earned a Ph.D. in 1959 with a thesis on the city finances and urban economy of Leuven between the 12th and 16th centuries. After a number of years working at the National Archives of Belgium, he obtained a university appointment. A Festschrift was published at his retirement in 1998.[1] He died at home in Halle-Booienhoven (Zoutleeuw) on 20 December 2018.[2]
Publications
- "Splendour or Wealth: Art and Economy in the Burgundian Netherlands", Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society, 10:2 (1992), pp. 101–123.
- De zinnelijke middeleeuwen (1998)
- "Showing off one's rank in the Middle Ages", in Showing Status: Representation of Social Positions in the Late Middle Ages, edited by Wim Blockmans (Turnhout, 1999), pp. 19–34.
- Studies over Brabantse kloostergeschiedenis (Brussels, Algemeen Rijksarchief, 1999)
- Production and Consumption in the Low Countries, 13th-16th Centuries (2001)
- De papegaai van de paus (2003)
- as editor: Geschiedenis van Brabant van het hertogdom tot heden (2004)
- Geschiedenis van de dorst: Twintig eeuwen drinken in de Lage Landen (2007)[3]
- Smaken verschillen (2010)