History of the Low Countries / / ed. by J. C. H. Blom, E. Lamberts.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Blockmans, W.P.,; Blom, J.C.H.,; Deursen, A.T. van,; Janssens, P.,; Lamberts, E.,; Milis, L.J.R.,; Roegiers, J.,; Sas, N.C.F. van,
• HerausgeberIn: Blom, J. C. H.,; Lamberts, E.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2006]; ©2006
• Year of Publication: 2006
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (536 p.)

The history of the smaller European countries is rather neglected in the teaching of European history at university level. We are therefore pleased to announce the publication of the first comprehensive history of the Low Countries - in English - from Roman Times to the present. Remaining politicall...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Translator’s Note
• Preface
• 1 A Long Beginning. The Low Countries through the Tenth Century
• 2 Counts, Cities, and Clerics. The Eleventh, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Centuries
• 3 The Formation of a Political Union, 1300-1588
• 4 The Dutch Republic, 1588-1780
• 5 The Spanish and Austrian Netherlands, 1579 – 1780
• 6 Revolution in the North and South, 1780-1830
• 7 Belgium since 1830
• 8 The Netherlands since 1830
• Epilogue Unity and Diversity in the Low Countries
• Recommended Literature
• Index
• Contributors