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Histoire de Belgique (literally, History of Belgium) is a seven-volume survey of the history of Belgium by the historian Henri Pirenne, written in French language and published between 1900 and 1932. The series, which traces the emergence of the Belgian nation-state from the Roman era until the start of World War I, is a classic of nationalist historiography and one of Pirenne's major works. Although Pirenne is today best known as a historian of Medieval Europe, the Histoire de Belgique series was his most respected work during his lifetime and the foundation of his reputation as Belgium's leading national historian.{{sfn|Schöttler|2010|pp=413-4}} Argument and receptionUnlike much nationalist historiography, Pirenne's history did not trace the emergence of a "Volksgeist" (national spirit) but argued that Belgium had developed naturally as a cosmopolitan society to serve as a mediator between Latin and Germanic Europe.{{efn|Unlike Pirenne, for instance, the socialist and anti-semite Edmond Picard had argued for the existence of a "Belgian spirit" (âme belge) in around 1900.{{sfn|De Schaepdrijver|2004|p=39}} }}{{sfn|De Schaepdrijver|2004|p=39}} Pirenne did, however, believe in the existence of a distinctly "Belgian civilisation" (civilisation belge) reflecting a unique combination of external influences and which had changed over time without losing its distinctiveness.{{sfn|De Schaepdrijver|2004|p=40}} Histoire de Belgique received widespread popular acclaim within Belgium. According to the historian Ernst Kossmann: {{quote|It was studied by the royal family, officers were made to read it in the military colleges, barristers in Brussels expounded it, schoolchildren received it as a prize for good examination results, for the bourgeoisie in town and country and the literary élite it was essential reading. On publication in the summer of 1911 the fourth volume sold seven hundred copies within three days. This was partly, but certain not entirely, due to the exceptional quality of Pirenne's insight and style.{{sfn|Kossmann|1978|p=439}}}}Publication began in 1900 and ended in 1932 after being disrupted for several years during the German occupation of Belgium (1914–18) in which Pirenne had been held as a political prisoner.{{sfn|Keymeulen|Tollebeek|2011|pp=92-3}} The seventh volume was awarded the Francqui Prize in 1933. According to modern historians, Pirenne's 1928 publication La Belgique et la Guerre Mondiale (Belgium and the World War) could be considered a chronological sequel, covering the period after the end of volume seven.{{sfn|Keymeulen|Tollebeek|2011|pp=92-3}} The series appeared in Dutch (Geschiedenis van België) and, encouraged by Pirenne's friend Karl Lamprecht, in German (Geschichte Belgiens) before World War I. Indeed, the first volume of the German translation was first published in 1899, before the appearance of the original French version in print. It has never been translated into English. VolumesThe series' seven volumes are entitled:
The series was followed by Pirenne's final and most influential work, Mahomet et Charlemagne (Mohammed and Charlemagne), which put forward the so-called "Pirenne thesis" on the end of the ancient world and the emergence of the Middle Ages.{{sfn|Keymeulen|Tollebeek|2011|p=96}} References{{Notelist}}FootnotesBibliography
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