Frans Theuws
Professor Emeritus of Medieval Archaeology of Europe
- Name
- Prof.dr. F.C.W.J. Theuws
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2727
- f.c.w.j.theuws@arch.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-7074-3622
Frans Theuws is Professor of Medieval Archaeology of Europe. He is the Principle investigator of the ERC funded project Rural Riches.
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News
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New publication investigates curious shift of 7th century burial practices -
Medieval Oegstgeest did business with all of Europe -
Videoconferencing with the Rural Riches group: ‘The most important thing is to develop some discipline’ -
Archaeology students find 7th-century graves -
Extraordinary Merovingian cemetery excavated by Leiden University -
ERC Advanced Grant for Frans Theuws -
Three ERC Advanced Grants for Leiden researchers
Research
Frans Theuws is currently the Principle investigator of the ERC funded project Rural Riches. The bottom-up development of post-Roman northwestern Europe.
Curriculum Vitae
Professor Frans Theuws studied History and Provincial Roman Archaeology at the University of Nijmegen and Medieval Archaeology at the University of Amsterdam (1983 cum laude). His PhD research dealt with the characteristics of early medieval society in the southern Netherlands and northern Belgium (1988 cum laude). As an initiator and a team leader he was involved in the organisation of the European Science Foundation project ‘The Transformation of the Roman world’. He has directed several projects financed by the National Science foundation on the archaeology of the Late Roman and Early medieval period of Northern Gaul. He directed excavations of medieval settlements in the southern Netherlands. Between 2003 and 2011 he was professor of Historical Archaeology at the University of Amsterdam.
In 2019 he officially retired but was reappointed part time to direct the ERC funded Project Rural Riches and continues teaching on early medieval Europe until September 2022.
Other activities
- Publication of the burials of the Saint Servatius complex in Maastricht together with Nina Jaspers MA and Dr. Mirjam Kars. The project is funded by the Town of Maastricht.
- Publication in cooperation with ARCHOL (Leiden) of the Merovingian cemetery excavations at Uden, Echt and Veldhoven.
- Publication of the settlement burials of Dommelen and Geldrop funded by the Van Daalen family.
Professor Emeritus of Medieval Archaeology of Europe
- Faculteit Archeologie
- World Archaeology
- Historical Archaeology
- Bruin J. de, Bakels C.C. & Theuws F.C.W.J. (2021), Oegstgeest. A riverine settlement in the early medieval world system. Merovingian Archaeology in the Low Countries no. 7. Bonn: Habelt-Verlag.
- Theuws F. (2019), Burial archaeology and the transformation of the Roman world in northern Gaul (4th to 6th centuries). In: Brather-Walter S. (Ed.), Archaeology. History and Biosciences. Interdisciplinary Perspectives no. 107. Berlin: De Gruyter.
- Theuws F. (2019), Merovingian settlements in the southern Netherlands: development, social organisation of production and symbolic topography. In: Haberstroh J. & Heitmeier I. (Eds.), Gründerzeit. Siedlung in Bayern zwischen Spätantike und Frühmittelalter no. 3. St. Ottilien: EOS Verlag. 355-382.
- Theuws F. (2019), Reversed directions. Re-thinking sceattas in the Netherlands and England, Zeitschrift für Archäologie des Mittelalters 46: 27-84.
- Knippenberg S. & Theuws F. (2019), Wonen en begraven in Uden. Opgravingen van een Merovingisch grafveld en middeleeuwse nederzetting langs de Schepersweg, gemeente Uden. Archol rapport no. 428. Leiden: ARCHOL.
- Nater C.I., Theuws F.C.W.J. & Waters-Rist A.L. (2016), Osteological evidence of achondroplasia in an individual from medieval Reusel, the Netherlands, International Journal of Paleopathology 26: 73–83.
- Kars M., Theuws F. & Haas M. de (2016), The Merovingian cemeteries of Sittard-Kemperkoul, Obbicht-Oude Molen and Stein-Groote Bongerd. Merovingian Archaeology in the Low Countries no. 3. Bonn: Habelt Verlag.
- Theuws F. (2015), Cultus, bezit en macht in de Vroege Middeleeuwen. In: Tummers P. Hermans F. Royen E. van (Ed.), Limburg. Een geschiedenis. Tot 1500. Maastricht: Limburgs Geschied en Oudheidkundig Genootschap. 171-186.
- Theuws F. (2014), Das Mittlere Maastal und wie es zu einem Kerngebiet des Karolingerreichs wurde. In: Pohle F. (Ed.), Karl Charlemagne der Grosse. Orte der Macht. Dresden: Sandstein Verlag. 200-209.
- Theuws F. & Tys D. (Eds.) (2014), . Medieval and Modern Matters.
- Theuws F.c.W.J. & Braven J.A. den (24 May 2014), 'Herbouw' donjon voor bodemprijs?. De Gelderlander, Opinie: 34-35.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2014), Vroegmiddeleeuwse huisplattegronden in Zuid-Nederland en hun weergave. In: Lange A.G. et al. (Ed.), Huisplattegronden in Nederland. Archeologische sporen van het huis.. Amersfoort: Barkhuis. 313-339.
- Haas M.V. de & Theuws F.C.W.J. (2013), The Merovingian Cemetery of Posterholt-Achterste Voorst. Merovingian Archaeology in the Low Countries no. 2. Bonn: Habelt Verlag Bonn.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2013), Do all the burials we excavate allow an archaeology of individuality and individualism? An introduction to the Sachsensymposion 2011. Ludowici B. (Ed.), Individual and individuality? Approaches towards an Archaeology of Personhood in the First Millenium AD. Sachsensymposion 24 September 2011 - 28 September 2011 no. Neue Studien zur Sachsenforschung. Hannover: Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover/Konrad Theiss Verlag Stuttgart. 9-15.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2012), River-based trade centres in early medieval northwestern Europe. Some ‘reactionary’ thoughts,. In: Gelichi S. & Hodges R. (Eds.), From one Sea to another. Trading Places in the European and Mediterranean Early Middle Ages. Proceedings of the International Conference Comacchio, 27th-29th March 2009. Turnhout: Brepols. 25-45.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2012), Landschaftsarchäologie – Siedlungsarchäologie: Gedanken zu neuen Entwicklungen in den Niederlanden. In: Beck H., Geuenich G. & Steuer H. (Eds.), 2012: Altertumskunde – Altertumswissenschaft – Kulturwissenschaft. Erträge und Perspektiven nach 40 Jahren Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde. Berlin 555-571.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. & Bijsterveld A.J.A. (2012), Vroege Stadswording in Nederland. Een Romeinse erfenis, Karolingische impulsen en een stroomversnelling in de twaalfde eeuw. In: Taverne E., Klerk L. de, Ramakers B. & Dembski S. (Eds.), Nederland Stedenland. Continuïteit en Vernieuwing. Rotterdam: NAi/010 Uitgevers. 91-107.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2012), Peasant agency, long distance trade and the early medieval economy.
- Annaert R., Groote K. de, Hollevoet Y., Theuws F.C.W.J., Tys D. & Verslype L. (Eds.) (2012), The very beginning of Europe? Cultural and Social Dimensions of Early-Medieval Migration and Colonisation. Brussel: Flanders Heritage Agency.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2012), Vroegmiddeleeuwse graven en grafvelden. [other].
- Theuws F.C.W.J. & Haperen M.C. van (2012), The Merovingian cemetery of Bergeijk-Fazantlaan. Bonn: Habelt Verlag Bonn.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2012), Journal Medieval and Modern Matters vol 2 (2011). Turnhout: Brepols. [other].
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2012), The Free and Unfree of the historians and the Rural population of the archaeologists. [other].
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2012), De Kattenberg te Bergeijk. Een behekste heuvel en haar geheim ontfutseld?, InBrabant 3(3): 56-65.
- Theuws F., Tys D., Verhaeghe F., Oosten R. van & Deckers P. et al. (2012), Medieval and Modern Matters. Archaeology and Material Culture in the Low Countries Member of editorial staff 3.
- Theuws F.C.W.J., Heiden M van der & Verspay J. (2011), De archeologie van de Brabantse akkers. Toegelicht aan de hand van het onderzoek van de Universiteit van Amsterdam in Veldhoven. Amsterdam: Universiteit van Amsterdam.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2011), Vessel ensembles in Merovingian graves: A clue to social positions and gender identities?. [other].
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2010), De Kern van de Zaak: stadsarcheologie in het komend decennium. [other].
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2010), Journal Medieval and Modern Matters vol 1 (2010). Turnhout: Brepols. [other].
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2010), The free and Unfree of the historians and the rural population of the archaeologists. [other].
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2010), Beelden van Boeren in de Vroege Middeleeuwen. [other].
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2010), Early medieval trade: towards an archaeological revision. [other].
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2010), Early medieval transformations: aristocrats and dwellers in the pagus Texandria: a publication programme, Medieval and Modern Matters 1: 37-71.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2009), Grave goods, ethnicity, and the rhetoric of burial rites in Late Antique Northern Gaul. In: Derks T. & Roymans N. (Eds.), Ethnic Constructs in Antiquity. The role of power and tradition. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 283-317.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2008), 'Terra non est’: Zentralsiedlungen der Völkerwanderungszeit im Maas-Rhein-Gebiet. In: Steuer H. & Bierbrauer V. (Eds.), Höhensiedlungen zwischen Antike und Mittelalter von den Ardennen bis zur Adria. Berlin/New York: De Gruyter. 765-793.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2008), Settlement research and the process of manorialization in Northern Austrasia. Gasparri S. (Ed.), 774: ipotesi su una transizione: atti del seminario di Poggibonsi, 16-18 febbraio 2006. . Turnhout: Brepols. 199-220.
- Arts N., Huijbers A., Leenders K., Schotten J., Stoepker H., Theuws F.C.W.J. & Verhoeven A. (2007), De Middeleeuwen en vroegmoderne tijd in Zuid-Nederland. In: , Nationale Onderzoeksagenda Archeologie (NOaA).
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2007), Where is the eighth century in the towns of the Meuse valley?. In: Henning J. (Ed.), Post-Roman Towns, Trade and Settlement in Europe and Byzantium, 1. The Heirs of the Roman West. Berlin/New York: De Gruyter. 153-164.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2007), Sint-Odiliënberg: de archeologie van een vroegmiddeleeuws klooster, De Maasgouw 126: 128-140.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2005), 'Centres commerciaux dans la vallée de la Meuse et l'économie de Haut Moyen Age'. In: Plumier J. & Regnard M. (Eds.), Voies d'eau, commerce et artisanat en Gaule mǸrovingienne.. Namur: Minist�re de la rǸgion wallonne. 187-194.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2005), 'Late Roman weapon graves in northern Gaul and changing claims on land'. [other].
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2005), 'Ou est la huitième siècle dans les villes de la vallée de la Meuse?'. [other].
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2005), 'Helden van de kerk en de christianisering.'. [other].
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2005), 'Toxiandria in de Vroege Middeleeuwen, oude en nieuwe beelden'. [other].
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2005), Markets in Early medieval Europe. Trading and 'Productive sites' 650-850, European Journal of Archaeology 7: 206-209.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2005), 'Drie modellen voor de ontwikkeling van het middeleeuwse Maastricht'. In: Rutte R. & Engen H. van (Eds.), Stadswording in de Nederlanden. Op zoek naar overzicht.. Hilversum: Uitgeverij Verloren. 87-122.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2004), 'Proloog van Brabant, verleden landschappen van Romeinen en Franken'. In: Uytven R. van (Ed.), Geschiedenis van Brabant van hertogdom tot heden. Zwolle/Leuven 17-39.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2004), 'Exchange, religion, identity and central places in the Early Middle Ages', Archaeological Dialogues 10: 121-149159.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2003), De conceptuele ordening van erf en nederzettingen in de Vroege Middeleeuwen in Zuid-Nederland. [other].
- Flamman J.P., Schabbink M. & Theuws F.C.W.J. (2001), Inventariserend veldonderzoek van een nederzetting uit de vroege ijzertijd en een boeren erf uit de 15e-17e eeuw in de gemeente Geldrop : een archeologisch onderzoek in het kader van het Zuidnederland Project van de Universiteit van Amsterdam. Amsterdam: AACpublicaties.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2001), Le chemin Néerlandaise vers Malte, Nouvelles de l'archéologie 82: 42-45.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2001), Merowingerzeit am Niederrhein: Die frühmittelalterlichen Funde aus dem Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf und dem Kreis Heinsberg, Germania : Anzeiger der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts 79: 194-199.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (2001), Maastricht as a centre of power in the early middle ages. In: Jong Mayke de & Theuws Frans (Eds.), Topographies of power in the early Middle Ages. Leiden: Brill. 155-216.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. & Nelson J.L. (2000), Rituals of power : from late antiquity to the early Middle Ages. Leiden: Brill.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. & Roymans N. (1999), Land and ancestors: cultural dynamics in the urnfield period and the middle ages in the southern Netherlands. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
- Roymans N.G.A.M. & Theuws F.C.W.J. (1999), Long-term perspectives in man and landscape in the Meuse-Demer-Scheldt region. An introduction. In: Theuws F. & Roymans N. (Eds.), Land and ancestors: cultural dynamics in the urnfield period and the middle ages in the southern Netherlands. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 1-32.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (1999), The archaeology and history of the curia of the abbey of Saint Trond at Hulsel (province of North Brabant) (c AD 700-1300). In: Roymans N. & Theuws F. (Eds.), Land and Ancestors. Cultural dynamics in the urnfield period and the Middle Ages in the Southern Netherlands.. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. 241-308.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. & Hiddink H.A. (1996), Der Kontakt zu Rom. In: , Die Franken. Wegbereiter Europas. Voor 1500 Jahren Konig Chlodwig un seine Erben. Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern. 66-80.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (1996), Haus, Hof und Siedlung im nordlichen Frankenreich. In: , Die Franken. Wegbereiter Europas vor 1500 Jahren: Konig Chlodwig und seine Erben. Mainz: Verlag Philipp von Zabern. 754-768.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (1996), Opgraven in eenbedreigd landschap: het Zuid-Nederland project van de Universiteit van Amsterdam in Zuid-Oost Brabant. In: Arts N. (Ed.), Archeologie en ruimtelijke ordening in Zuid-Oost Brabant. Eindhoven: Regio Einhoven-Kempenland/St. Archeol. Zuid-Nederland. 19-31.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (1995), Les dynamiques d'organisation des habitats du haut moyen age. Quelques exemples dans le sud des Pays-Bas. In: Perdu P. & Lorren C. (Eds.), L'habitat rural du haut moyenage (France, Pays-Bas, Danemarke et Grande Bretagne). Rouen: Musee des Antiquites de la Selne Maritime. 207-212.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (1995), De vele lagen van de vroeg-middeleeuwse geschiedenis, Madoc. Tijdschrift over de Middeleeuwen 9(3): 133-149.
- Theuws F.C.W.J. (1994), Elites and the transformation from Merovingian to Carolingian. In: Randsborg K., Thrane H. & Nielsen P.O (Eds.), The archaeology of Gudme and Lundeborg. Papers presented at a coference at svendborg, october 1991. Kopenhagen: Akademisk Forlag. 195-201.
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