Peter Raedts

"Peter" Raedts (1 November 1948 – 27 February 2021) was a leading Dutch medievalist, best known for the book De ontdekking van de middeleeuwen ("The discovery of the Middle Ages"), which took him eight years to write.

[1] Peter Raedts was born and grew up in Heerlen in a Catholic family.

[2] He studied theology in Amsterdam and history at Utrecht University.

In 1984 Raedts started lecturing on Church history at the Catholic University of Utrecht.

He retired in 2013, but continued to provide historical consultancy for Museum Catharijneconvent in Utrecht, where he died.