• Herman Van der Wee | Monique Verbreyt A small nation in the turmoil of the Second World War

  money, finance and occupation (Belgium, its enemies, its friends, 1939-1945)

  Based on intensive research in the archives of six countries, this monograph presents an in-depth analysis of Belgium's monetary and financial history during the Second World War. Exploring Belgium's financial and business links with Germany, France, The Netherlands, Great Britain, the United States, and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the study focuses on the roles played in this complex wartime network by the Central Bank and private bankers in Brussels, by the Belgian government in exile in London,...

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  Engels | 494 pagina's (PDF, 5,9 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2013

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• Dries Raeymaekers One foot in the palace

  the Habsburg Court of Brussels and the politics of access in the reign of Albert and Isabella, 1598-1621

  The splendor and enticement of the Archdukes' Court in Brussels The Habsburg Court of Brussels remains one of the few early modern princely courts that have never been thoroughly studied by historians. Yet it offers a unique case, particularly with regard to the first decades of the seventeenth century. Once home to the Dukes of Burgundy, the ancient palace on the Coudenberg hill in Brussels became the principal residence of the Habsburg governors in the Low Countries and, in the period 1598-1621,...

  Non-fictie

  Engels | 366 pagina's (PDF, 3,1 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2013

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• Exempli gratia

  Sagalassos, Marc Waelkens and interdisciplinary archaeology

  The Sagalassos Archaeological Research Project has made interdisciplinary practices part of its scientific strategy from the very beginning. The project is internationally acknowledged for important achievements in this respect. Aspects of its approach to ancient Sagalassos can be considered ground-breaking for the archaeology of Anatolia and the wider fields of classical and Roman archaeology. Now that its first project director, Professor Marc Waelkens - University of Leuven -, is at the stage...

  Non-fictie

  Engels | PDF | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2013

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• Henricus Gandavensis Syncategoremata

  Henrico de Gandavo adscripta

  The Stadsbibliotheek of Brugge houses a manuscript (ms. 510, f. 227ra-237vb) that holds a short logical text on the Syncategoremata, e.g. words that are not subjects or predicates in proposition. In this manuscript the text is ascribed to Henry of Ghent, who was a leading thinker of the second half of the thirteenth century. The highly interesting text contains some typical themes of Henry of Ghent, e.g. the distinction between esse essentiae and esse existentiae, which further supports the attribution...

  Non-fictie

  Engels | Latijn | 160 pagina's (PDF, 2,7 MB) | Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven | 2011

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• Carol Ann Lee Anne Frank's story

  The life story of Anne Frank, from her early happy childhood in Frankfurt, growing up in Amsterdam, her two years in hiding and the last few months of her life in the concentration camps. Narrated in six clearly written chapters, this biography for children answers the many detailed questions about Anne that readers of the Diary often have, and includes interesting anecdotes from friends who survived her. There is an Historical Note at the beginning of the book and a map of Europe, so that children...

  Engels | 96 pagina's (ePub, 2,3 MB) | Penguin Books, [Nederland] | 2018

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