UID:
almafu_9961023283002883
Format:
1 online resource (xviii, 378 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1009327275
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1139018000
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9781139018005
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9780521192415
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9780521127370
Series Statement:
Cambridge concise histories
Content:
The small and densely populated nation of Belgium has played an important role in the history of Europe and other continents, especially Africa. It was a pioneering force in industry, trade, and finance during the Middle Ages, through early modern times and into the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It introduced innovative political regimes and played a leading role in the creative arts. Yet this rich past is not widely known. This introductory history offers an accessible and rigorous overview of this small but important West-European country, synthesizing Belgium's main economic, social, political, and cultural developments from pre-Roman times until today. Today, this nation-state, born in 1830, is well-known for the rivalries between its two main language communities, and as a result is often considered a fragile or even an artificial political construct. This systematic chronological analysis of both present-day Belgium and the polities that preceded it throws fresh light on this controversial issue and demonstrates Belgium's enduring importance and influence.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Mar 2023).
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Earliest Times : From Prehistory to the End of the Roman Period -- The Era of the Frankish Kingdoms (Fifth-Tenth Century) -- The Origins of the Medieval Principalities (Tenth-Fourteenth Century) -- Unifying the Netherlands : the Burgundy-Habsburg Period (1384-1555) -- The Spanish Netherlands (1555-ca. 1700) -- The Austrian Netherlands (ca. 1700-1780) -- The Formation of a New Nation-State (1780s-1830) -- The Consolidation of a Bourgeois Regime (1831-1880s) -- The Belgian Nation-State at its Height (1880s-1945) -- The Metamorphoses of a Nation-State (From 1945 to the Present Day).
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521192415
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139018005
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