MATTHAEUS

Matthaeus: translation

Family of scholars originating from Germany. Anto nius I (1564–1637) was professor of law at the universities of Mar burg (Germany) and Groningen. Antonius II (1601–1654) was ap pointed professor of law at the Academy of Harderwijk and the University of Utrecht; his most famous work is a commentary on Roman-Dutch criminal law, De criminibus (1644). Antonius III (1635–1710) was appointed professor of law at the universities of Utrecht (1660) and Leiden (1672). In addition to many works in the field of law, he published several editions of old chronicles on the history of the Low Countries, including Chronicon Egmundanum (1692) andVeteris Aevi Analecta (10 vols., 1698–1710).