Front cover
Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
A note on language and names
Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
1 State-building, historical culture and public monuments in nineteenth-century Belgium
2 The physical setting of the monument: Brussels' Place Royale
3 The creation of the monument
4 The changing meanings of the monument
5 The monument as a lieu de mémoire I: culture and politics
6 The monument as a lieu de mémoire II: history and national identity
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Medievalism