Although Belgium has only been an independent state since the 1830s, it has a long and complex past. This history is essential for understanding the complexitie

This concise history describes the traditions and transitions that over two thousand years have developed in Belgium in a sense of shared identity, common gover

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

This book explains how and why Belgium, a small but influential European country, was changed through its colonial activities in the Congo, from the first exped