Adriaan van Baarland or Adrianus Barlandus (1486–1538) was a Dutch

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 historian of merit. He was born in the village of Baarland

Baarland

Baarland is a town in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Borsele, and lies about 21 km east of Middelburg.In 2001, the town of Baarland had 291 inhabitants...

, from which he took his name. He studied at Ghent

Ghent

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 and Leuven

Leuven

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, at which latter place he was elected professor of eloquence in 1526, after a stay of some years in England. He died in Leuven in 1538.

Besides some philological works of no great value, Van Baarland wrote a number of historical works, especially about the various provinces in the Low Countries

Low Countries

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