Overview
- Assesses the extent to which the origins of Belgian nationalism were situated in the politics of the years preceding the Belgian Revolution
- Provides an in-depth study of the political languages of the major political groups in the Southern Netherlands
- Offers a fresh perspective to the historiographic debate on Belgian nationalism
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Political History (PSPH)
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This book explores the political ideas of the Belgian Revolution of 1830, which led to the break-up of the Restoration state of the ‘united’ Kingdom of the Netherlands. It uncovers the origins of liberalism and political Catholicism in the Southern Netherlands in the wake of the French Revolution, and traces the development of political language in the context of the tensions between the Northern and Southern part of the united Netherlands. It shows how differences in ‘Dutch’ and ‘Belgian’ political and intellectual history resulted in different understandings of essential political concepts such as ‘sovereignty’ and ‘balance of powers’, as well as of the nature of the constitutional order of 1815. Finally, it traces the emergence of Belgian nationalism within the discourse of opposition against the government. Stefaan Marteel therefore provides a fresh perspective on the intellectual background of the rise of the nation-state in the nineteenth century.
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Revolutionaries
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Stefaan Marteel is an independent teacher and writer in Brussels, Belgium. He previously taught political history at the Radboud University Nijmegen.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Intellectual Origins of the Belgian Revolution
Book Subtitle: Political Thought and Disunity in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1815-1830
Authors: Stefaan Marteel
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Political History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89426-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89425-6Published: 17 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-89426-3Published: 05 September 2018
Series ISSN: 2946-5176
Series E-ISSN: 2946-5184
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 317
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Modern Europe, Political History, History of Britain and Ireland, Intellectual Studies, Modern History