Jan van Boendale

Jan van Boendale (c.1280 – c.1351), formerly sometimes known as Jan De Klerk ("Jan the Clerk") was a 14th-century secretary of the city of Antwerp and author of narrative and didactic verse. He was an influential official in Antwerp. Two of his works, Brabantsche yeesten and Der leken spieghel, are listed in the Canon of Dutch Literature compiled by the Digital Library for Dutch Literature.

Life Jan was born in Boendale, near Tervuren, near the end of the 13th century.

Works Brabantsche yeesten (a history of the duchy of Brabant) Der leken spieghel (a history of salvation) Jans Testeye (a dialogue on controverted questions in philosophy and law) Van den derden Eduwaert (an account of Edward III of England's arrival in the Low Countries and his Tournaisis campaign of 1340) Die dietsche doctrinale (a didactic poem in three books)