Raymond van Uytven
Raymond van Uytven 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.
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. He died at home in Halle-Booienhoven on 20 December 2018.Publications
- "Splendour or Wealth: Art and Economy in the Burgundian Netherlands", Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society, 10:2, pp. 101-123.De zinnelijke middeleeuwen
- "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, pp. 19-34.Studies over Brabantse kloostergeschiedenis Production and Consumption in the Low Countries, 13th-16th Centuries De papegaai van de paus
- as editor: Geschiedenis van Brabant van het hertogdom tot heden Geschiedenis van de dorst: Twintig eeuwen drinken in de Lage Landen
- ''Smaken verschillen''