Wilfrid Brulez
Wilfrid Brulez (27 February 1927 – 23 March 2023) was a Belgian economic historian with a particular interest in the Habsburg Netherlands' international trade, particularly with Italy, and diplomatic relations with the Holy See. His in-depth study of the merchant house headed by Jean della Faille and Martin della Faille in 16th-century Antwerp fundamentally changed the perception of native involvement in international trade during Antwerp's Golden Age.[1] It also led Fernand Braudel to change his view of the relative importance of land routes and sea routes between northern and southern Europe around 1600.[2]
Brulez was born in Blankenberge, West Flanders on 27 February 1927. From 1963 he taught at Ghent University, becoming a full professor on 1 May 1971.[3] He retired on 1 October 1987, and died at his home in Sint-Martens-Latem, East-Flanders, on 23 March 2023, at the age of 96.[4]
Works
[edit]- Correspondance de Richard Pauli-Stravius, 1634-1642 (Brussels, 1955)
- Correspondance de Martino Alfieri, 1634-1639 (Brussels, 1956)
- De firma della Faille en de internationale handel van Vlaamse firma's in de 16e eeuw (Brussels, 1959)[5]
- with Greta Devos, Marchands flamands à Venise (2 vols., Brussels, 1965-1986)
- The Balance of Trade of the Netherlands (Ghent, 1970)
- Cultuur en getal: aspecten van de relatie economie-maatschappij-cultuur in Europa tussen 1400 en 1800 (Amsterdam, 1986)
References
[edit]- ^ Jeroen Puttevils, Merchants and Trading in the Sixteenth Century: The Golden Age of Antwerp (Routledge, 2015), p. 5.
- ^ Fernand Braudel, The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II, translated by Sian Reynolds, vol. 1 (University of California Press, 1995), p. 290.
- ^ "Brulez, Wilfrid". ugentmemorialis.be. Ghent University. 2016.
- ^ "Marchands flamands à Venise". Universiteitsbibliotheek Gent. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
- ^ Reviewed by Florence Edler de Roover in The American Historical Review, 68:1 (1962), pp. 124–126.
