Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Palgrave Macmillan
Book cover

The Intellectual Origins of the Belgian Revolution

Political Thought and Disunity in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1815-1830

  • Book
  • © 2018

Overview

Authors:
  1. Stefaan Marteel

    1. Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • 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)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Introduction

    • Stefaan Marteel
    Pages 1-35

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 311-317
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Stefaan Marteel

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

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation