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- Title
Het financieel handboek van Simon Borluut (1450-1463).
- Authors
Boone, Marc
- Abstract
The financial diary of Simon Borluut (1450-1463) Simon Borluut belonged to a well-established family of patricians in his place of birth, Ghent, where he occupied several political functions. In this private financial document he allows a glimpse into the way he used his personal financial means, and as such it illustrates how a prosperous man from Ghent living in the middle of the fifteenth century spent his finances. The document therefore offers a welcome addition to what we know concerning prices and wages. Simon Borluut acted as head of a numerous household that occupied a big number of diverse servants. There were of course the obvious daily expenses for food, attire and costs of living, but the strikingly numerous investments in religious activities and in the maintenance of the memory of his lineage also attract notice. ‘Big’ politics remain discreet in the background, notwithstanding the role Simon Borluut fulfilled and the inevitable impact of the war the city of Ghent waged till 1453 against its overlord, duke Philip the Good of Burgundy.
- Subjects
BORLUUT, Simon; PATRICIANS (Rome); HOUSEHOLDS; INVESTMENTS; POLITICAL science
- Publication
Bulletin de la Commission Royale d'Histoire, 2020, Issue 186, p23
- ISSN
0001-415X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3406/bcrh.2020.4401