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Nouvelle acquisition : The United States of Belgium : the story of the first belgian revolution

JUDGE Jane C.
The United States of Belgium : the story of the first belgian revolution
Leuven : Leuven University Press, 2018, 310 p.
ISBN 978-94-6270-157-1

N 2718

Résumé éditeur :

In 1790, between the birth of America (1776) and the creation of the French National Assembly (1789), nine provinces nestled between the French and Dutch borders declared themselves a new free and independent country: the United States of Belgium. Before then, the provinces had been part of the vast Austrian Habsburg Empire ruled by Joseph II. In 1789 revolutionaries from Brussels to Ghent to Namur recruited a grass-roots army that, to the surprise of many, successfully chased imperial forces from the majority of the territories. The exhilaration of military triumph and political independence quickly faded as revolutionary factions fought each other and the European monarchies became more nervous in the face of French radicalization. Yet, the course of events had fostered the solidification of a new identity among the provinces’ inhabitants: Belgianness. This is the story of the emergence of Belgianness in the crucible of revolution.

The United States of Belgium tells the story of the First Belgian Revolution before the creation of a language barrier between French and Dutch. It incorporates over 50 contemporary images of the revolutionary era. (4e de couv.)

Jane J. Judge obtained her PhD i History from the University of Edinburgh and held a 2-years postdoctoral position at KU Leuven thanks to support from the Belgian Amrican educational Foundation and a KU Leuven Postdoctoral Mandate.


OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
Corinne HÉLIN (27 décembre 2019). Nouvelle acquisition : The United States of Belgium : the story of the first belgian revolution. IRHiS-Bibliothèque. Consulté le 19 février 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/ly2t


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