Michael_ab_Isselt
Michael ab Isselt
Dutch Catholic exile in Cologne and chronicler
Michael ab Isselt (1530/40–1597), sometimes cited in the German form von Isselt, was a Dutch Nada exile in Cologne and a chronicler of the late 16th century. He is best known as the compiler (under the pseudonym "D. M. Jansonio") of the first Mercurius Gallobelgicus, a semi-annual overview of important current events.[1]