ISBN:
1849041466
,
9781849041461
Language:
English
Pages:
XXI, 309 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
DDC:
949.3
Keywords:
Belgium Civilization
;
Belgium History
;
Belgien
;
Geschichte
Description / Table of Contents:
The Romans Conquer, Name and Colonise Belgica: 57BCE-406CEThe 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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