The Flemish Movement : A Documentary History 1780-1990.

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: A Brief History of the Flemish Movement -- PART I: Towards 1830: A French-Speaking Belgian State? -- 1 Sketches of the History of the Austrian Netherlands, with Remarks on the Constitution, Commerce, Arts and General State of these Provinces (1786) -- 2 Treatise on the Neglect of the Mother-Tongue in the Low Countries (1788) -- 3 'Brief remarks on the question: Can the use of the French Language be considered Advantageous in the Netherlands, both in Legislative Matters and with regard to Morality and Religion?' (1815) -- 4 The Harmful Effects of the Indifference of Flemings and Brabanters to their Native Tongue, and Why they must Cultivate it (1817) -- 5 'Ode to the Belgians' (1818) -- 6 'Introduction' to the Treatise on Dutch Language and Literature, with regard to the Southern Provinces of the Netherlands (1819-24) -- 7 Decree of 16 November 1830 -- PART II: 1830-82: The growth of a Patriotic Flemish Movement -- 8 Observations on the Neglect of the Dutch Language (1832) -- 9 'Preface' to Reynard the Fox (1834) -- 10 'Foreword' to The Lion of Flanders (1838) -- 11 Petition to the House of Representatives (1840) -- 12 Address to the Society 'Time and Devotion' (c. 1840) -- 13 Speech delivered at the Flemish Festival (1841) -- 14 Flemish Movement: Declaration of Fundamental Principles, Presented by the Defenders of the Netherlandish People's Rights to their Fellow Countrymen (1847) -- 15 Present-Day Belgium (Liberals, Catholics and Flemish Movement), Judged by a Dutchman (1847) -- 16 Citizen's Rights (1851) -- 17 Public Statement by the Netherlandish Association for the Arts, on the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Sovereign's Accession (1856).

18 Report of the Commission established ...to Investigate and Recommend to the Government Appropriate Measures to Ensure the Development of Dutch Literature and Regulate the Use of the Dutch Language in relation to Various Government Departments' (1859) -- 19 'Preface' to The Year 30, vol. 1, no. 1 (1864) -- 20 Call for a Convention in Ghent (1866) -- 21 'Introduction' to A Brief Statistical Description of Belgium (1865-9) -- 22 'Psalm' (1879) -- 23 'Preface' to Gudrun (1879) -- 24 Manifesto of the Flemish Freethinkers' Association (1880) -- PART III: 1882-1914: The Alliance with Christian Democracy -- 25 Intervention in the Belgian Parliament (1883) -- 26 Manifesto of the Walloon League of St Gilles (1886) -- 27 'Language and Knowledge' (1895) -- 28 'Critique of the Flemish Movement' (1896) -- 29 'The Flemish University and Flemish Life' (1907) -- 30 'The Heart of the Flemish Movement' (1908) -- 31 Open Letter to the King, Concerning the Separation of Flanders and Wallonia (1912) -- 32 'A General Cultured Language for Daily Use in the Southern Netherlands' (1913) -- PART IV: 1914-32: Radicalization -- 33 Open letter to the Belgian King Albert I (1917) -- 34 Declaration of Independence (1917) -- 35 The Flemish Nationalist's Catechism (1918) -- 36 Telegram to President Woodrow Wilson (1919) -- 37 Two Contributions to a Debate (1919, 1921) -- 38 'The Ten Commandments of the Flemish Nationalist' (1922) -- 39 'Catholicism and Nationalism' (1922) -- 40 Two Pastoral Letters (1925) -- 41 The 'Compromis des Beiges' (1929) -- 42 'How Can the Flemish Cultural Problem Be Solved?' (1931) -- 43 The Road to Nationhood (1932) -- PART V: 1933-63: The Second World War and its Aftermath -- 44 'The Organic-Corporate Conception of the State' (1935) -- 45 'The Flemish Movement: Past, Present and Future' (1936) -- 46 'Letter to Dr Elias' (1943).

47 A Question in the Belgian Parliament Concerning the Implementation of the Law Regarding the Use of the Two National Languages in Administrative Matters (1947) -- 48 'The Brussels Problem' (1947) -- 49 'Flanders and the Policy of Repression' (1948) -- 50 'The Pronunciation of Standard Dutch in Belgium' (1948) -- 51 'The Evolution of the Flemish Economic Problem' (1956) -- 52 The Language Situation in Flemish Industry (1959) -- 53 The North-South Connection (1961) -- 54 'Cultural Autonomy' (1961) -- 55 Recommendations on the Reform of Education Policy in Flanders (1963) -- PART VI: 1963-90: A Renewed Flemish Nationalism and the Federal Reform of the Belgian State -- 56 Contemporary Flemish Standpoints (1964) -- 57 'One Belgium, or Co-operation between Two Communities?' (1964) -- 58 The Brussels Question (1966) -- 59 'Position of the Dutch-Speaking Section of the University of Leuven, Regarding the Future of the University' (1968) -- 60 Decree Concerning the Official Designation of the Language Used by the Dutch-Speaking Cultural Community of Belgium (1973) -- 61 'Principles of the Flemish Movement Regarding the Reform of the Belgian State' (1978) -- 62 The Flemish Economy and the Reform of the Belgian State' (1983) -- 63 'Two Viewpoints' (1984) -- 64 'The Dutch Language in Flanders' (1985) -- 65 The Birth of the Flemish Nation (1985) -- 66 'A New Era, a New Approach' (1987) -- 67 Royal Address on the Occasion of the National Day (1988) -- 68 Statement in the Senate during the Discussion of the Bill on Institutional Reform (1988) -- 69 More Autonomy, a Better Democracy (1990) -- Bibliography -- Index.

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