Charles Verlinden

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Charles Verlinden (born February 3, 1907 in Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis , † May 19, 1996 in Brussels ) was a Belgian historian and Medievalist .

Life

Charles Verlinden studied at the University of Ghent , the Sorbonne , the École pratique des hautes études , the École nationale des chartes and the Centro de estudios históricos in Madrid. Research stays in Paris (1933), Madrid (1934) and Italy (1938) followed. After receiving his doctorate in 1930, he initially taught in Ghent and Brussels until he became assistant for economic history at the Rijkshandelshogeschool Antwerp in 1940 . In 1944, Verlinden again moved to the University of Ghent as an assistant for history, where he became a full professor in the same year and remained until 1974. That year he retired. During his active time in Ghent, he held the position of Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Philology (1954–1956) and was a member of the University's Administrative Board.

As a specialist in economic history and the history of slavery , Verlinden was director of the Academia Belgica (1959–1977), director of the Belgian Historical Institute in Rome (1955–1986) and vice-president of the Commission internationale d'histoire maritime in Paris . He was visiting professor at a total of 46 universities in Europe and America.

honors and awards

Charles Verlinden was a member of the Belgian Royal Academy of Sciences, Poetry and Fine Arts (Flemish Section), the Real Academia de la Historia (Madrid), the Medieval Academy of America and the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (since 1977). Two universities awarded him honorary doctorates: Sevilla 1968 and Coimbra 1988. For his important contributions to Italian history, he was also awarded the Premio Internazionale Galileo Galilei dei Rotary Italiani in 1970.

Charles Verlinden married Nelly Noulard in 1931; the marriage remained childless.

Fonts (selection)

Monographs
  • Christoph Columbus. Vision and perseverance. Translated from the French by Reinhild Sturmberg, Göttingen 1992, ISBN 3-7881-0025-7 . (Unchanged reprint of the Göttingen edition, a.o. 1962)
  • The Atlantic and Indian Ocean zones from a colonial-historical perspective. Nuremberg 1982.
  • L'esclavage dans l'Europe médiévale. Vol. 1, Bruges 1955; Vol. 2, Gent 1977.
  • The beginnings of modern colonization. 11 essays with an introduction. Translated by Yvonne Freccer, Ithaca 1970.
  • Les Origines de la civilization atlantique. De la Renaissance à l'Âge des Lumières. Neuchâtel 1966.
  • L'esclavage dans le monde ibérique médiéval. Madrid 1934.
Editorships

In addition, Verlinden wrote and published numerous articles in journals and edited volumes.

literature

  • Miscellanea offers à Charles Verlinden à l'occasion de ses trente ans de professorat. Ghent 1975. (Bibliography)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ History of the Accademia Belga
  2. ^ The International Who's Who, 1995-96, p. 1582
  3. ↑ Minutes of the decision of the jury and Verlinden's acceptance speech ( Memento from September 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Verlinden, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian historian, medievalist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH February 3, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1996
Place of death Brussels