'A profitable company'. Het pantheon als historisch genre in het negentiende-eeuwse België

'A profitable company'. The national pantheon as a historical genre in nineteenth-century BelgiumAfter the Revolution of 1830, the new Belgian nation state was in a patriotic mood. It celebrated its national glory in pantheons, imaginary temples in which the heroes from the national past were represented and accumulated. These pantheons were almost omnipresent in the public spaces of the kingdom. They familiarized the Belgians with their heroic ‘forefathers’ and with their legacy. The meaning and message of these pantheons were easily accessible. The sculpted, painted and written specimens of... Mehr ...