Border(s) and Identities in Flanders during the Revolutionary Period (around 1770-around1815) ; Frontière(s) et identités en Flandres au temps des révolutions (vers 1770-vers 1815)

Flanders is often portrayed as an area with an important specificity and therefore with a regional identity that is strong, if not irreducible to any sense of belonging to a wider national or European community. However, general public opinion has always varied on the question of what is Flanders and on the criteria that could define its identity. The complexity of the territory was increased by the status of border region whose delimitation and sovereignty were subject to fluctuations due to wars and treaties. This applies particularly to the period concerned i.e. from the Franco-Austrian bor... Mehr ...