Patrice Beaucourt de Noortvelde (8 January 1720 — 26 December 1796) was a Belgian historian, writer, and poet.
Patrice Beaucourt of Noortvelde | |
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 Portrait of Patrice Beaucourt de Noortvelde, 1789, by Joseph-Benoit Suvée | |
| Born | Patrice Antoine Beaucourt de Noortvelde 8 January 1720 Bruges, West Flanders, Flemish Region, Belgium |
| Died | 26 November 1796 (aged 76) Bruges, West Flanders, Flemish Region, Belgium |
| Nationality |  Belgium |
Biography
editPatrice (or Patricius) Antoine Beaucourt de Noortvelde was born in Bruges, County of Flanders, Austrian Netherlands (now Belgium) on 8 January 1720.[1]
He held the position of lawyer at the Council in Flanders and worked as a tax lawyer for the Tonlieu of Bruges.[1]
He authored a historical description of the Church of Our Lady in Bruges in 1773, featuring a chronological account of all the religious figures and a compilation of ancient and modern epitaphs from this church.[2]
Death
editPatrice Beaucourt died in Bruges, Département de la Lys, French First Republic (now Belgium) on 26 November 1796.[1]
Family
editHe had a son named Charles Jacques Joseph and a daughter named Marie Joséphine Isabelle.[3]
Works
edit- Description of the lordship and lands of the provost extending within and the city of Bruges, 1764
- Historical Description of the Church of Notre Dame in Bruges (French: Description historique de l église Notre Dame à Bruges), 1773[4]
- Year books of the land of the Free (Dutch: Jaer-boeken van den lande van den Vryen), 1785
- Faithful Table of the Troubles and Revolutions in Flanders from 1500 to 1586 (French: Tableau fidèle des troubles et révolutions arrivés en Flandre depuis 1500 jusqu'à 1586)[5]
External links
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References
edit- ^ a b c Warnkönig, L. A. (1851). Histoire de la Flandre et de ses institutions civiles et politiques, jusqu'à l'année 1305. Belgium: Hayez.
- ^ Speelmanns, E., Speelman, E. (1859). Histoire du culte de Marie en Belgique: calendrier belge de la Sainte Vierge. (n.p.): Castermann.
- ^ Merghelynck, A. (1878). Epitaphes nobles et patriciennes des églises de St.-André, St.-Michel, Oostcamp, Beernem et St.-Georges pres de Bruges. Belgium: Gailliard.
- ^ Description bibliographique d'une très belle collection de livres rares et curieux, provenant de la bibliothèque de M[ademois]elle la Comtesse d'Yve; rédigée par feu M. D. L. S.; revue et achevée par L. F. A. Gaudefroy .... (1819). Belgium: Aug. Wahlen.
- ^ British Museum Catalogue of printed Books: Edited 1881-1889 by R. Garnett; 1890-1900 and Supplement by A. W. K. Miller. 393 pt. Späterer Titel: British Museum. Catalogue of printed books. (1884). United Kingdom: Dr. v. Will. Clowes & Sons.