Belgium: From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day

PREFACE

We possess happily, nowadays, a few standard books, of great insight and impartiality, which allow us to form a general idea of the development of the Belgian nation without breaking fresh ground. The four volumes of Henri Pirenne's _Histoire de Belgique_ carry us as far as the Peace of Muenster, and, among others, such works as Vanderlinen's _Belgium_, issued rece...