Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- A note on language and names
- List of Abbreviations
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 State-building, historical culture and public monuments in nineteenth-century Belgium
- 2 The physical setting of the monument: Brussels’ Place Royale
- 3 The creation of the monument
- 4 The changing meanings of the monument
- 5 The monument as a lieu de mémoire I: culture and politics
- 6 The monument as a lieu de mémoire II: history and national identity
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Medievalism
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 January 2024
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- A note on language and names
- List of Abbreviations
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 State-building, historical culture and public monuments in nineteenth-century Belgium
- 2 The physical setting of the monument: Brussels’ Place Royale
- 3 The creation of the monument
- 4 The changing meanings of the monument
- 5 The monument as a lieu de mémoire I: culture and politics
- 6 The monument as a lieu de mémoire II: history and national identity
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Medievalism
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- Medievalism in Nineteenth-Century BelgiumThe 1848 Monument to Godfrey of Bouillon, pp. i - ivPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2023