The Great Emigration in Belgium (1831–1870) — a Portrayal Devoid of Heroism ; Wielka Emigracja w Belgii (1831–1870) — wizerunek bez heroizmu

This article reflects on the broadly understood functioning of Polish political émigrés at the time of the nineteenth-century national uprisings (1831–1870), and specifically those refugees who found themselves in Belgium. A pretext for embarking upon this topic was provided by the publication of a book by the Belgian historian Idesbald Goddeeris: La Grande Emigration polonaise en Belgique (1831–1870). Elites et masses en exil à l’époque romantique (Frankfurt am Main 2013). The study in question applied a prosopographic research method based on an extensive source survey conceived as a foundat... Mehr ...