Paul Fredericq

Paul Fredericq (12 August 1850 – 23 March 1920) was a Belgian historian at Ghent University active in the promotion of the use of the Dutch language in Belgium.

Early life Paul Fredericq was born in the Sleepstraat in Ghent, Belgium. A student at the Koninklijk Atheneum of Ghent, where Max Rooses and Jacob Heremans influenced him. He became a Protestant in his youth and his tendencies in religion, as in politics, were liberal. The ordeal weakened him both physically and mentally.

After the war, he became rector at Ghent University in 1919. But quickly resigned after only a few weeks, disappointed by the anti-Flemish backlash. He died shortly afterwards in Ghent.

Works Excerpt from his autobiography, written at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Besides the works mentioned above, he wrote: De Nederlanden onder Keizer Karel, vol. i. (1885) Verzameling van stukken betreffende de pauselijke en bisschoppelijke Inquisitie in de Nederlanden (1889–96) Onze historische volksliederen van voor de zestiende eeuw (1894) Corpus documentorum inquisitionis haereticae pravitatis Neerlandicae : Verzameling van stukken betreffende de pauselijke en bisschoppelijke inquisitie in de Nederlanden. - Gent : Vuylstekes'Gravenhage : Nijhoff, 1889. Digital ed. 1. 1025-1520. 1889 2. Stukken tot aanvulling vanhet 1. deel (1077-1518). 1896 3. 1236-1513. 1906 4. 1514-1525. 1900 5. 1525-1528. 1902