Research Catalog

Title

Belgium : long united, long divided / Samuel Humes ; foreword by Wilfried Martens.

Author

Humes, Samuel.

Publication

London : Hurst & Company, 2014.

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Details

Additional Authors

Martens, Wilfried

Description

xxi, 309 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 22 cm

Subjects

• Belgium > History
• Belgium > Civilization

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-288) and index.

Contents

The Romans Conquer, Name and Colonise Belgica: 57BCE-406CE -- The Franks Create a Linguistic Frontier: 406-861 -- Flanders and Lotharingia Develop Commerce, Cities and Civic Conflict: 861-1384 -- Burgundian Dukes Unite the Southern Low Countries: 1384-1477 -- Charles V Unites all the Low Countries: 1477-1555 -- The Beggars' Revolt against Spain Divides the Low Countries: 1555-1599 The Southern Low Countries -- The Spanish Hapsburgs Rule an Impoverished Land: 1599-1713 -- The Austrian Hapsburgs React to the Enlightenment: 1713-1794 -- Two revolts, French Occupation and Union with the Dutch: 1789-1830 -- A Francophone Elite Wins Belgium its Independence: 1830-1865 -- Labour and Flemish Movements Begin to Develop: 1865-1914 -- Two German Invasions and a Depression Speed Change: 1914-1945 Flanders and Wallonia -- The Francophone, Propertied and Dominant Elite Erodes: 1945-1968 -- Belgium Federalises: 1968-1993 -- Increasingly Isolated Flanders and Wallonia Collide: 1993-2003 Retrospect and Prospects: Keeping a Divided Land United.

Call Number

JFD 15-555

ISBN

• 1849041466
• 9781849041461

OCLC

898121588

Author

Humes, Samuel.

Title

Belgium : long united, long divided / Samuel Humes ; foreword by Wilfried Martens.

Imprint

London : Hurst & Company, 2014.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-288) and index.

Added Author

Martens, Wilfried, writer of added text.

Research Call Number

JFD 15-555