Dr. M.J.M. (Mario) Damen

Function:
  • Post-doc

Telephone number: +31 (0)71 527 2727
E-Mail: m.j.m.damen@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Faculty / Department: Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Institute for History, Middeleeuwse Geschiedenis
Office Address: Johan Huizingagebouw
Doelensteeg 16
2311 VL Leiden

 
Personal Homepage: www.arts.leidenuniv.nl/history/damen.jsp

Curriculum vitae
Mario Damen is postdoctoral researcher in medieval history. He studied at Leiden University and at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). He obtained his PhD at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in september 2000 with a doctoral thesis on the personnel of the Council and Chambre des comptes of Holland and Zeeland in the Burgundian period (1425-1482). He is editor of the journal Holland, the series Hollandse Studiën and the Jaarboek voor middeleeuwse geschiedenis. His current research is focussed on the nobility in the duchy of Brabant in the late Middle Ages. This research forms part of the NWO research programme Burgundian nobility.Princely Politics and Noble Families, c. 1430-c. 1530.
Fields of Interest
Medieval History. Nobility. Gift-giving. Political institutions and elites. State formation.History of the Low Countries and Spain. Stained glass windows. Paleography.