by Frans van Liere The story of the Four Sons of Haymo was widely popular in the late middle ages and Renaissance, especially in France and in the Low Countries, where I grew up. As a boy in school, I learned a song about the “Vier Heemskinderen” (as it is called in Dutch), and their …
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by Rachel Watson (Excerpt from an article on October 12, 2015 on Calvin's News & Stories.) Tucked safely away in a climate-controlled space in Calvin College’s Meeter Center is a medieval devotional manuscript the college has owned since 1912. It recently became an object of deeper interest to Frans van Liere, professor of history and …
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by Ron Wells. It is difficult to keep up with the many graduates of the Calvin History Department. But there is one who merits special mention now. Dr. Rachel Koopmans was a top-notch student in the late 80s and early 90s. She took part in the inaugural of the “Semester in Britain” program, which I …
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