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The '''History of Belgium''' us closely linked to the [[Netherlands, history|history of neighboring [[Netherlands]]]].  For recent events see [[Belgium]].

The '''History of Belgium''' us closely linked to the [[Netherlands, history|history of neighboring Netherlands]].  For recent events see [[Belgium]].

==Early history==

==Early history==

Belgium derives its name from the Belgae, a Celtic tribe. The Belgae were forced to yield to Roman legions during the first century B.C. For some 300 years thereafter, what is now Belgium flourished as a province of Rome. But Rome's power gradually lessened. In about A.D. 300, Attila the Hun invaded what is now Germany and pushed Germanic tribes into northern Belgium. About 100 years later, the Germanic tribe of the Franks invaded and took possession of Belgium. The northern part of present-day Belgium became an overwhelmingly Germanized and Germanic-Frankish-speaking area, whereas in the southern part people continued to be Roman and spoke derivatives of Latin.  

Belgium derives its name from the Belgae, a Celtic tribe. The Belgae were forced to yield to Roman legions during the first century B.C. For some 300 years thereafter, what is now Belgium flourished as a province of Rome. But Rome's power gradually lessened. In about A.D. 300, Attila the Hun invaded what is now Germany and pushed Germanic tribes into northern Belgium. About 100 years later, the Germanic tribe of the Franks invaded and took possession of Belgium. The northern part of present-day Belgium became an overwhelmingly Germanized and Germanic-Frankish-speaking area, whereas in the southern part people continued to be Roman and spoke derivatives of Latin.  

* Stanard, Matthew G. "Selling the Empire Between the Wars: Colonial Expositions in Belgium, 1920-1940." ''French Colonial History'' 2005 6: 159-178. Issn: 1539-3402 Fulltext: [[Project Muse]]

* Stanard, Matthew G. "Selling the Empire Between the Wars: Colonial Expositions in Belgium, 1920-1940." ''French Colonial History'' 2005 6: 159-178. Issn: 1539-3402 Fulltext: [[Project Muse]]

* Tollebeek, Jo. "Historical Representation and the Nation-State in Romantic Belgium (1830-1850)," ''Journal of the History of Ideas'' 59.2 (1998) 329-353  in [[Project Muse]]

* Tollebeek, Jo. "Historical Representation and the Nation-State in Romantic Belgium (1830-1850)," ''Journal of the History of Ideas'' 59.2 (1998) 329-353  in [[Project Muse]]

* VanYpersele, Laurence and Rousseaux, Xavier. "Leaving the War: Popular Violence and Judicial Repression of 'Unpatriotic' Behaviour in Belgium (1918-1921).'' ''European Review of History'' 2005 12(1): 3-22. Issn: 1350-7486 Fulltext: [[Ebsco]]

* VanYpersele, Laurence and Rousseaux, Xavier. "Leaving the War: Popular Violence and Judicial Repression of 'Unpatriotic' Behaviour in Belgium (1918-1921)," ''European Review of History'' 2005 12(1): 3-22. Issn: 1350-7486 Fulltext: [[Ebsco]]

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