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- ISBN 9789462701571
- Weight: 485g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 24 Oct 2018
- Publisher: Leuven University Press
- Publication City/Country: BE
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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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.
This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).
Jane C. Judge obtained her PhD in History from the University of Edinburgh and held a 2-year postdoctoral position at KU Leuven thanks to support from the Belgian American Educational Foundation and a KU Leuven Postdoctoral Mandate.
