© Annemoon van Hemel - During his farewell as university professor at Utrecht University, Frits van Oostrom was appointed Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion. Minister of Education, Culture, and Science Robbert Dijkgraaf handed over this royal honour, effectively allowing the acclaimed medievalist to now call himself a 'knight'. "Long live knight Frits!". Dijkgraaf praised Van Oostrom for his important contributions to academia. In his speech, the minister compared the work of the Dutch scholar to that of an astrophysicist: in Middle Dutch literature, too, you often grope in the dark, with fragments of manuscripts and untraceable manuscripts. About the honour, Dijkgraaf later wrote on Twitter : "The list of what Van Oostrom has done is endless: from major research projects to the Canon of the Netherlands. A great honour that I was able to present him with a royal honour.
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