Adriaan Hendrik Bredero

Background

Adriaan Bredero was born on September 22, 1921 in Utrecht, Netherlands, Netherlands, in the family of Adriaan H. and Johanna A. (Jaspers) Bredero.

Education

Adriaan attended University of Utrecht and University of Ghent. In 1960 he received his doctorate at Catholic University of Nijmegen. It is also known that he also studied in Rome.

Career

Adriaan devoted his career to teaching. In 1948 - 1966 he served as a professor of history at Utrecht, Netherlands. After that he was appointed a professor of church history on Theological Faculty in Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands, in 1967 - 1975. Finally, he held the position of a professor of medieval history at Free University in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Achievements

• Adriaan was mostly famous for his books "Christendom and Christianity in the Middle Ages" and "Bernard of Clairvaux."

Works

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  • Bernard of Clairvaux: Between Cult and History 1996
  • Christendom and Christianity in the Middle Ages: The Relations Between Religion, Church, and Society 1994

Membership

• Medieval Academy of America

Connections

On October 26, 1950 Adriaan married Gerda Johanna Hoogstraten, with whom he had five children, Gerlien, Johanna, Bernard, Adriaan, and Louise.

Father:

Adriaan H. Bredero

Mother:

Johanna A. (Jaspers) Bredero

Spouse:

Gerda Johanna Hoogstraten

Son:

Gerlien Bredero

Daughter:

Johanna Bredero

Son:

Bernard Bredero

Son:

Adriaan Bredero

Daughter:

Louise Bredero