Costen van Halmale
Costen van Halmale (c. 1435–1508) was a lawyer and chronicler who served on Antwerp's city council.
Life[edit]
Halmale was born between 1432 and 1437, the son of Jan van Halmale and Margriet Bacheleer. He studied law at the University of Orléans, matriculating in 1457.[1] In 1472 he married Katharina van Werve. From 1491 to 1508 he served as an alderman of Antwerp, and in 1487 as mayor. He died on 5 April 1508.[1]
Writing[edit]
Halmale was the initial author of a family chronicle that was continued by his son and grandson. Known as the Annales Antwerpienses, this gave other historians an important view of family and political relations in 16th-century Antwerp.[2] This manuscript is conserved in the Royal Library of Belgium.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Hilde De Ridder-Symoens. "Halmale, Costen van". Nationaal Biografisch Woordenboek (in Dutch). KVAB. Retrieved May 6, 2017 – via Huygens.
- ^ Damen, M. (2014). "Patricians, knights or nobles? Historiography and social status in late medieval Antwerp". The Medieval Low Countries. 1: 173–203. doi:10.1484/J.MLC.5.103717. hdl:11245/1.485710.
Further reading[edit]
- Hannah Skoda; Patrick Lantschner; R. L. J. Shaw (2012). Contact and Exchange in Later Medieval Europe: Essays in Honour of Malcolm Vale. Boydell Press. pp. viii, 260–261. ISBN 978-1-84383-738-1.
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