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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