Index
Academic liberty, 29–30, 49, 67, 73, 81, 95
Academic politics, 73, 91, 96n, 97
Academie Royale de Belgique, 34
Adorno, Theodor, 151
Aerschot, Belgium, 36
Antwerp, Belgium, 28, 38, 40, 69
Afrikaners (Boers), 16, 50, 139n
Aga Khan, 37
Age of Revolutions, 12, 189, 200
Age of Communes, 60
Aitzema, Lieuwe van, 115
Albert I, King of the Belgians, 35–9, 43, 77, 92
Aldenburg, Countess Charlotte Sophie von, 173
Alexandra, Queen of Great Britain, 37
Algemeen Nederlandsch Verbond, 16n, 50
Algemeen Vlaamsch Hoogstudentenverbond (AVHV), 214
Algemene Geschiedenis der Nederlanden (AGN), 21
Althusius, Johannes, 145
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 7
American Historical Society, 7
American Studies, 66
Americas, 199
Dutch settlements in, 15
British colonies in, 58
Ammers-Küller, Jo van, 169
Amsterdam, North Holland, 121, 174–5, 178, 197
Amsterdam, University of, 111, 133–4, 142n, 144n, 154
Anglo-American Conferences, 106, 112–13
Anglo-Batavian Society (1920), 6, 45, 95
Anglo-Belgian relations, 35–7, 40–5, 58, 77, 95–6
Anglo-Belgian Notes, journal, 38, 61n, 63, 66, 67n, 77n
Anglo-Belgian Society (1922), 42, 44n
Anglo-Belgian Union (of 1918), 40, 43–4, 58–60, 63, 65–8, 72–3, 75–8, 82–9, 96
Anglo-Dutch relations, 46–8, 50, 69, 94, 96, 166, 173, 190
Anglo-Dutch Wars, 190
Anglo-Netherlands Society, see Anglo-Batavian Societ
Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company, 49
Anrooy, Antoon Abraham van, 48n
Anti-communism, 161
Anti-Orangism, 1, 93n, 165, 177, 190
Antisemitism, 134, 151n, 160n, 214
Apartheid, 138
Apol, Jan, 122
Appeasement, 159n
Archbishop of Canterbury, 37
Arnhem, battle of (1944), 169n
Atlantic thesis (Palmer/Godechot), 12, 192, 199–201
Auschwitz, 150
Austrian Netherlands, 12, 194–5, 198
Bacon, Francis, 171
Bakunin, Mikhail, 33
Balfour Declaration (1926), 140
Bartstra, J. S., 129
Bataafsche Petroleummaatschappij, 32
Batavian Republic, 172, 179, 188, 190
Batavian Revolution (1795), 175–6, 192–3, 196–7, 199
Beaufort, A. J., 51
Becker, Carl, 201
Bedford College, University of London, 10, 45, 49, 51n, 52, 64n, 70, 93, 101, 103–5, 107–8, 110–1, 114, 116
Bedford, Duke of, 116
Beekvliet, seminary, see St Michielsgestel
Beit, Sir Otto, 50
Belgian War Refugees Committee, 44
Belgian-Dutch Cultural Treaty (1947), 25
Belgian-Dutch Treaty (1927), 231, 234
Belgische Werklieden Partij (BWP), 25, 230
Belgium, 1, 4, 8–9, 11, 15–18, 21–26, 27, 29, 32–3, 35, 37, 40–4, 55–61, 63, 65, 67–9, 71–2, 75–6, 80, 83–4, 90, 92, 94, 97–8, 100–1, 103–4, 125, 139–45, 185, 187, 198, 207–10, 219, 223–8, 230, 235–7
âme belge, 213
independence from the Netherlands (1830), 8, 15, 58 70–1, 189
centenary celebrations (1930), 8, 71
claims on Dutch territory, 9, 31, 42n, 69–70, 77n, 211, 213
Departement des Affaires Étrangères, 73–4
economics, 66
federalization process, 22, 26, 101–2, 146
German occupation of (1914—18), 22, 27, 36, 42
Germanic-Romance amalgam, 17, 70, 99, 215
government, 27, 33, 40–1, 67, 72, 94, 96
history, 59, 61–2, 65–7, 72, 76–7, 80, 87
linguistic-communitarian differences, 9, 69, 102, 216
literature, 61, 63, 66–7, 75, 77, 79–80, 82–3, 85–7
Ministry of Science and Arts, 58
public opinion in, 84
Question Royale (1945–51), 36, 92
Socialist Party, 25
unitary state, 15, 23, 100, 102
Bell, Duncan, 145
Bellot, Hugh Hale Leigh, 10, 110–2
Benelux-Union (1944–), 94, 101
Bentinck archive, see Middachten Castle
Bentinck van Rhoon, Willem, 172–4, 178n, 179
Bentinck, Hans Willem, Earl of Portland, 173
Bentinck, mevrouw, see Aldenburg, Countess Charlotte Sophie von
Bergen-Belsen, concentration camp, 160n
Bergson, Henri, 37
Bernhardt, Sarah, 37
Bijdragen en Mededelingen Betreffende de Geschiedenis der Nederlanden (BMGN), 228, 231, 233
Bindoff, Stanley Thomas, 69n, 100, 112
Birkbeck College, University of London, 67
Bismarck, Otto von, 163n
Bithell, Jethro, 67
Blok, Pieter Jacobus, 17, 52, 110, 133, 224n, 225
Boer Wars, see South African War
Boers, see Afrikaners
Bombay, India, 47
Bonar Law, Andrew, 44
Bontekoe, Willem Ysbrantsz, 167
Borden, Robert, 135
Borginon, Hendrik, 25, 32, 225, 232
Borms, August, 218
Bosboom-Touissant, Truitje, 122
Bosnia, 158
Botha, Louis, 50
Bourgeoisie, 163, 177, 180, 207, 223
Brabant Revolution (1789), 194–5, 199
Brabant, 17, 125, 149, 194–5, 199
Brand, Tita (ps. of Helen Braun), 34–9, 41
Brandin, Louis, 78–9, 81–2, 84
Braudel, Fernand, 167
Braun, Helen, see Brand, Tita
Briefwisseling Gerretson—Geyl (1979—81), 24, 232–4
Brighton, 67
Britain, 3–8, 12, 28–9, 37, 40, 55, 90, 104–5, 135–6, 144–5, 160, 187, 189–90, 199
constitution, 135
Foreign Office, 32, 50, 61, 68n, 69n
Ministry of Information, 89
perception of the Low Countries in, 1, 28–9, 90, 95, 99–100, 103
political and literary press, 28
relations with the Netherlands, 21, 47, 49n, 50, 55, 166
relationship with Europe, 143–4
war propaganda (1914—18), 32, 40, 89
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 2, 8n, 11, 37, 147, 153–6, 160–2
British Empire, 10–1, 16, 28, 49–50, 105–6, 134–41, 217
British India, see India
Colonial/Imperial Conferences, 11, 136–7, 138n, 139
self-governance of dominions, 136
Statute of Westminster (1931), 140n
British Library, 173
Broadcasting, 11, 146, 153–6, 160–2
Brocqueville, Charles de, 44
Broers, Michael, 204
Bromley, John, 165
Brooke, Rubert, 39
Brummel, Leendert, 130
Brussels, capital of Belgium, 33, 54, 194, 214
Buchenwald, concentration camp, 2, 6, 126, 134, 149, 159
Buitenlandsche Zaken (Dutch Foreign Office), 54–5, 69, 97, 225, 234
Bureau de Propagande et de Documentation, 40–1, 73–5
Burgess, Michael, 145
Burgundian lands, 9, 16, 19–20, 25, 58, 60* (also see Low Countries)
Burnham, Lord, see Levy-Lawson, Sir Edward
Burrows, Ronald, 58
Butler, Harold E., Latinist, 80, 86
Byfleet, Surrey, 47
Byron, Lord, 42
Cambodia, 158
Cambridge University, 70–1, 76, 110
Cammaerts, Émile, 9, 27–31, 33–44, 53, 59–62, 65, 67–9, 72–8, 81–98
Chair of Belgian Studies, appointment to, 73–4, 78, 88–9
Chair of Belgian Studies, proposal for, 60–1, 65, 75, 95
Collaboration with Louis Raemaekers, 42–3
Inaugural lecture at the LSE (1931), 90
Marriage with Tita Brand, 34, 41
Press battles with Geyl, 67–9, 98
Work for Belgian embassy, 41, 59, 60, 61, 72–5, 94
Work for the Anglo-Belgian Union, 43, 61, 68n, 75
Cammaerts, Francis, 33
Capellen tot den Pol, Joan Derk van der, 175, 177, 179, 183
Carlyle, Thomas, 2n
Carr, Edward Hallett, 147n
Carter, Alice, 165, 173, 174n, 176n
Cartier de Marchienne, Louis de, 70, 74, 83, 84, 86, 90n
Carton de Wiart, Baron Edmond de, 44, 58n, 84n
Casement, Sir Roger, 32
Cecil, Robert, 44
Cercle Royal Belge de Londres, see Anglo-Belgian Society
Chamberlain, Austen, 44
Chambers, Raymond Wilson, 78–81
Charlier, professor, 79n
Chateaubriand, 170
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith, 34–5, 37
Christelijk Historische Unie (CHU), 233
Christiaan VII, King of Denmark, 122n
Christian Socialism, 35
Church of England, 35
Churchill, Winston, 31, 37, 165
Cleves (Kleve), Germany, 209–10, 212–3
Clogg, Richard, 29, 48–9, 95, 96n
Clough, Shephard B., 33n
Cohen Stuart, Arnold J., 49
Colenbrander, Herman Theodoor, 11, 17, 133, 171–2, 176–7, 182–3, 189–191, 193, 196–7, 199, 201, 205
Colijn, Hendrikus, 49
Collaboration, 12, 22, 27, 152n, 169, 191–2, 207, 219, 226, 229
Collini, Stefan, 150
Collins Baker, C. H., 79n
Cologne (Köln), Germany, 212, 214
Columbia University, New York, 33n, 51, 52n, 54n
Comité National de Secours et d’Alimentation (1914—18), 72n
Comité Officiel Belge pour l’Angleterre, 58
Committee for the Relief in Belgium (1914—18), 72n
Constantijn Huygens Prize, 122
Cooper Perry, Sir Edwin, 61–2, 66
Creighton memorial lectures, 70–1
Creighton, Mandell, 70
Croatia, 62
Croce, Benedetto, 182
Crone, E. H., 46
Cultural Exchange, international, 25, 48, 104
Danube, basin of river, 96
Darnton, Robert, 167
La Belgique et l’Allemagne (1916), 41
Davignon, Julien, Belgian foreign minister, 40
Davis, Eliza Jeffries, 111
De Clercq, Staf, 25
De Decker, Josué, 225
De Gids, journal, 52, 53n, 137, 148, 158, 160
De Linie, periodical, 126
De Locomotief, colonial newspaper, 137
De Panne (La Panne), 36
De Smet, Robrecht, 225
Debussy, Claude, composer, 37
Defoort, Eric, 232
Dekker, Rudolf, 175
Deller, Sir Edwin, 66, 76–8, 85–6, 88–90
Democracy, 99, 126, 134–5, 144, 167, 169, 174–83,
185, 199, 200–1, 227, 234, 238
Deswarte, Richard, 42
Deterding, Sir Henry, 49
Deyssel, Lodewijk van, see Karel Joan Lodewijk Alberdingk van Thijm
Diderot, Denis, 167
Dietsch Studenten Verbond, 22
Dietsche Bond, 22
Dinant, Belgium, 36
Dinaux, C. J. E., 130
Doelisten movement, 174–6, 178n
Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard, Jan Derk, 32, 223
Donkersloot, Nico, 127
Dortsche Petroleum Maatschappij, 47
Douwes Dekker, Edouard, 124, 169, 181, 223
Drentje, Jan, 177
Drion, Fredericus J. W., 54–5, 68n, 72, 81–3, 88, 129
Dublin, Ireland, 32
Dutch Club in London, see Nederlandsche Vereeniging te Londen
Dutch East India Company, 50, 168, 179, 182
Dutch East Indies, 15, 47, 134n, 135, 137–9, 168, 171n
Dutch language, 15, 20–1, 25, 28, 45, 51, 57, 64n, 66, 80, 102, 105, 124, 166, 187, 211, 218
simplified spelling, 109
Dutch literature, 59, 80, 83, 87, 105, 121–4, 148, 169, 223
Dutch Republic, 9, 12, 16, 31, 138, 142, 147, 165, 172, 175, 179, 195–6
Grand Pensionaries, 173, 180, 181
Stadholders, 16, 21, 126, 172, 174, 176, 187n, 180, 190
States General, 180
Dutch Revolt, 1, 9, 16–20, 25–6, 56, 58, 69, 92, 165, 185, 211
Geyl’s reinterpretation of, 1, 9, 16–7, 20, 25, 55–7, 92, 142, 185, 187, 224
Dutch studies, 1, 9, 16, 27–8, 29n, 45n, 49, 50n, 51–66, 96n, 100–1, 103–12, 224
Dutch–Belgian rivalry, 28, 45, 94–5, 101
Dutch–Belgian Treaty (1927), 70, 231
Dutch–Belgian Treaty (1980), 102
Dutch–Flemish intellectual contacts, 15–6
Dutch–German relations, 215, 218
Dwyer, Philip, 204
East London College, see Queen Mary, University of London
Easter Rising (1916), 32
Ebbisham, Lord, see Rowland Blades, George
Ebels-Hoving, Bunna, 154
Eck, Dirk van, 169n
Economische-Statistische Berichten (ESB), 137–8
Eenheid door Democratie, 99n, 126, 134
Effen, Justus van, 181
Eichmann trial (1961), 162
Eighteenth-century studies, 180–3
Eighty Years’ War, see Dutch Revolt
Barrier of Great Rivers, 9, 16, 20, 187, 211
Elemans, Jan, 130
Elgar, Sir Edward, composer, 27, 29, 36–9
Elisabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 7
Elliot, John Huxtable, 20
Encyclopedie van de Vlaamse Beweging, 144, 229
England, see British Empire
English studies, 66
Enlightenment, 167–8, 173, 194
Europe, 2, 7, 11, 28, 48, 53, 70, 96–7, 102, 104, 107, 113, 116–8, 11n, 140n, 147, 150, 186, 198–9, 204, 217
history of, 69, 96, 111n, 140, 160, 173, 175, 180, 198
integration of, 2, 11, 101–2, 142–4
European Coal and Steel Community , see European Union
European Court of Justice, 143
European Economic Community, see European Union
Evans, Richard, 70
Eyck, Pieter Nicolaas van (1887—1954), 52, 110, 122–4, 129, 191, 225, 233
Fabianism, 141
Fagg, William Percy, 67
Farnese, Alexander, see Parma, Duke of
Fayat, Henry, 25
Federal Statute for Belgium, 11, 23, 140–1, 145
Federalism, 10, 11, 20, 22–3, 26, 101–2, 133–46
First Dutch National Convention, 200
First World War, 5, 16, 22, 27–8, 32, 35, 37, 39n, 40, 43, 53, 59, 72n, 86, 89–90, 93–4, 96, 99, 104, 106, 133, 135–6, 139, 141, 144–5, 147, 149, 158, 165, 207, 211–3, 229–30, 234
Anglo-Belgian brotherhood-in-arms, 43, 77
Belgian government-in-exile, 36, 40–1, 94
Belgian resistance (army), 35–6
Dutch neutrality, 35, 42, 46, 69
Flamenpolitik, 42, 207, 212, 229, 234
German violation of Belgian neutrality, 35
Sacking of Leuven (1914), 35
Schlieffen-plan, 35
Flanders, 15–7, 20, 22–5, 70, 75, 80, 103, 139, 141, 144, 188, 207–9, 211, 213–4, 218–9, 223–5, 227–8, 230–1, 234–5
activism ( 1914—18), 22–3, 27, 32–3
Flamingants, see Flemish movement
Flemish language, see Dutch language
Flemish movement, 1, 4, 11, 15, 22–5, 32–3, 42, 68n, 97, 99, 103, 136, 139–42, 165, 207, 209, 213, 218, 221–7
Flemish Question, 26, 32, 55, 69, 97, 100, 139–141, 210, 212, 219, 223, 226n, 230
principality, 17
Flemish-Zealand, see Zeeuws-Vlaanderen
Flemish-Dutch relations, 15–6, 23–5
Floorquin, H., 55n
Flushing, Zealand, 93
Fondation Francqui, 72
Forrest, Alan, 204
Foster, Gregory, 10, 45n, 53, 64n, 68, 78, 92, 96, 109–10
France, 12, 29, 33, 36, 40, 44, 107, 117, 118, 122, 143n, 160, 187–90, 192–203, 208
Franck, Johannes, 57
Franco-Belgian military accord (1920), 77n
Francqui, Émile, Belgian philanthropist, 72
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, German broadsheet, 151
Frankish migration, 214
French Revolution (1789), 11–2, 170, 190, 194–6, 198, 202, 205
Friedrich, Carl Joachim, 145
Frisian language, 80n
Frisians, Franks and Saxons myth, 20n, 208, 210
Front movement (frontbeweging), see Front party
Front party (frontpartij), 22–3
Fruin, Robert, 5, 17, 177, 182, 221, 224
Fumaroli, Marc, 173
Gay, Peter, 151n
Gazette de Hollande, 55
Gelderland, 174
George V, King of the United Kingdom, 43
German, Empire (1871–1918), 35–6, 42, 46, 57, 66, 72, 117, 150, 187, 216
Germany, Federal Republic of (1949–), 143, 151, 160, 163
Germany, Nazi-Germany (1933–45), 12, 24, 27, 67, 123, 126, 134, 150, 158, 209, 214–219, 226
concentration camps, 2, 6, 126, 134, 149–50, 159n, 160, 217
hostage camps, 2, 6, 123, 126–7, 134–5, 149
refugees from, 159
Germany, Weimar Republic (1919–33), 12, 77n, 117, 134, 207–13, 218
involvement with Greater Netherlands movement, 12, 209–19, 230
territorial revisionism, 12
völkisch thought, 12, 21, 207, 209, 214, 218–9
Gerretson, Frederik Carel (ps. Geerten Gossaert), 24, 32–3, 49, 52n, 93, 129, 138–9, 143, 154–5, 157, 170, 172, 176, 178, 225, 232, 234–5
Geyl, Pieter
‘Argument without end’, 8, 142, 147, 148, 152, 156, 163, 171n, 181, 204, 205, 221–2, 237
Academic career, 1, 4, 6–7, 9, 16, 103, 212
Anti-Orangism, 1, 7, 93n, 165, 171, 177, 190
Appointment in London (1919), 3, 16, 27, 48, 51–3, 64, 103, 105, 133
Appointment in Utrecht (1936), 93, 104, 117, 133, 165, 225
Archive, 5, 30, 121, 122, 135n, 186, 121–3, 226
As ‘silent press attaché’, 54–7, 82, 86, 88, 97–8, 103
As art historian, 186
As crime author, 2, 10, 126–7, 130
As literary critic, 186
As novelist, 121–2, 125–7, 130
As playwright, 10, 121, 122n, 124–6
As poet, 2, 6, 119, 122–5, 128–32, 149
As political activist, 1, 3, 8, 12–3, 22–3, 25, 29–30, 57–9, 61, 73, 91–3, 97–9, 101, 103, 136, 139, 141, 149, 211, 214–5, 218–9, 224–7, 231, 237
As public intellectual, 3, 6–8, 11, 142, 147–151, 163, 170, 206
As seminar convenor, 10, 101, 111–2, 166, 169
As writer of short stories, 122
Autobiographical writings, 2, 8, 13, 30, 48, 50, 53, 67, 97–9, 104, 109–112, 123, 125, 126, 134, 147, 149, 214, 226–7, 236
Can we know the Past (1948), 154
Character, 5, 12, 17, 68, 97, 103, 109, 148, 222
Christoffero Suriano (1913), 31n, 114
Crisis (1924), 10, 64n, 68, 92, 96, 101, 103, 109–10, 119
Correspondence with R. R. Palmer, 185, 198–201, 205
De Patriottenbeweging (1947), 170n, 172, 176, 183, 189, 201
Debate with Toynbee (1948), 2–3, 6–7, 11, 21–2, 49, 100, 118, 142, 147–63, 165, 178, 185–6, 206, 221
Departure for Utrecht, 7, 16, 28, 65, 93, 97, 100, 117, 233
Discovery of the Flemish movement (1911), 15, 32, 223
Early life, 31
Eighteenth century, interest in, 11, 19, 22, 165–83, 189, 201
England and the Flemish Movement (1922/24), 68n
Friendship with F. C. Gerretson, 24, 32, 49, 52n, 93, 129, 138, 154–5, 157, 170, 172, 176, 178, 212n, 225, 232–37
Friendship with Gustaaf Renier, 3, 12n, 21, 93–4
Geschiedenis van de Nederlands(ch)e Stam (1930—59), 1, 8–9, 19–22, 57, 71, 91–2, 100, 112, 118, 126, 130, 149n, 165, 176, 185, 187–9, 193, 205–6, 211n, 215–6, 224
Greater Netherlands idea, 1–2, 8–9, 12, 15–26, 27–8, 57, 59, 91, 93n, 94, 101, 103, 125, 129, 141, 149n, 166, 188, 193, 207, 209–219, 221–37
Het leven wint altoos (1958), 130
Het wachtwoord (1944), 127
Historical criticism, 2, 17, 141, 171, 178, 185, 191, 196
Holland and Belgium: Their Common History and Relations (1920), 8, 18, 56–8, 63, 72, 100
Hostage captivity (1940—44), 12, 24, 30, 104, 126–7, 134, 147, 159n, 191, 234
Inaugural lecture in London (1919), 33, 55, 57, 59
Inaugural lecture in Utrecht (1936), 19, 226
Influence on historiography, 3, 8, 11, 100, 101, 152–3, 170–1, 178, 183, 199, 201–2, 205, 226
Influence on public opinion, 9, 27–8, 67
International fame, 7, 12, 185
Involvement with Flemish movement, 1, 4, 11, 15, 24, 32, 55, 97, 103, 136, 139, 165,207, 221–3, 225, 228, 229, 255
Involvement with high politics, 97
Journalism, 1, 4–6, 8–11, 16, 23, 31–2, 35, 52, 55, 59, 69, 119, 133–5, 142, 148–9
Lancelot of Denmark (1924), 10, 124–5, 127, 129
Liberalism, 99, 134, 170, 181, 183
London as ‘exile’ from the Netherlands, 4, 6, 93
London, importance for Geyl of, 6, 10, 128
Moord of de Plas (1946), 2, 10, 126–7, 130
Napoleon: For and Against (1946/49), 2, 12, 21, 118, 142, 149, 152, 159, 165, 170, 182, 202, 204, 221
National Liberalism, 31, 69, 99, 136, 169
On European integration, 11, 142–4
Opponent of Émile Cammaerts, 9, 27–31, 58–92
Opponent of Henri Pirenne, 16–9, 28, 58–9, 67, 70–2, 79, 92, 98–100, 210, 215, 219, 221, 224
Oranje en Stuart (1939), 6n, 21, 93
Passing (1966), 12, 19, 25, 118, 127, 131, 165, 186, 198, 221, 227
Patriotten en NSB’ers (1946), 149, 169, 191, 199
Philosophy of history, 2, 142, 170, 189
Polemicism, 3, 59, 91–2, 101, 131, 148–9, 151, 153, 169–70, 172, 176–7, 181–2, 185–6, 205–6, 216, 219, 221, 235
Position to fascism and Nazism, 23–4, 99n, 134, 217–8, 225, 233–4
Practice as historian, 16, 56, 91, 101n, 149, 152–4, 166, 168, 170–1, 180, 181, 205
Recognition in Britain and Anglophone world, 7
Reinterpretation of Dutch revolt, 1, 8–9, 16–7, 20, 25, 55–7, 92, 142, 185, 187, 224
Relationship between scholarship and activism, 8, 28–30, 55, 98, 73, 98, 100–1, 219, 224
Retirement (1958), 121, 130, 191, 226–7, 237
Revolutiedagen in Amsterdam (1936), 174, 178
Secretary of Anglo-American Conferences, 113
Studies en Strijdschriften (1958), 176, 191
The Tale of Beatrice (1927), 124–6
Terry Lecture, Yale (1954), 100
Use and Abuse of History (1954), 100
Willem IV en Engeland (1924), 7n, 93n, 114, 172
Wittenoorlog (1953), 169, 175–6
Geyl en Vlaanderen (1973—5), 24, 141, 227–32
Geyl-Toynbee debate (1948), 2–3, 6–7, 11, 21–2, 49, 100, 118, 142, 147–63, 165, 178, 185–6, 206, 221
Ghent, Belgium, 94, 213, 223–4, 233
Ghent University, 77n, 94, 213, 223–4, 233
campaign for Flemification, 15, 32, 213, 223–4
Goblet d’Alviella, Comte Eugène, 44
Godechot, Jacques, 12, 189n, 192, 193n, 201
Gogh, Vincent van, 47
Gooch, George Peabody, 71, 72n, 111n
Goodison, R. R., 112
Gorter, Herman, 122
Goslinga, Adriaan, 17
Gossaert, Geerten, see Gerretson, Frederik Carel
Granville, Lord, see Leveson-Gower, Granville
Great Britain, see Britain
Great War, see First World War
Greater Netherlands, 1, 2, 8–9, 12, 15–26, 27–28, 57, 59, 91, 93n, 94, 101, 103, 125, 129, 141, 149n, 166, 188, 193, 207, 209–12, 214–5, 217–9, 221–8, 230–1, 233–7
Greco-Turkish war, 49, 95, 158
Greece, ancient, 156
Green, Alix, 157
Grijzenhout, Frans, 197
Grotius, Hugo, 176
Guicciardini, Ludovico, 115
Gymnasium Haganum, The Hague, 122
Haan, Ido de, 197
Haaren, hostage camp, 2, 126–7, 134
Haaren, P. van (ps. of Geyl), 127
Haasse, Hella, 173
Habermas, Jürgen, 151
Habsburg Empire, 1, 16, 18, 25
Haafner, Jacob Gotfried, 181
The Hague, South Holland, 30, 51–2, 54–5, 69–70, 72–3 79, 82, 97–8, 122, 200, 227
Haitsma Mulier, E. O. G., 177
Hamel, Joost Adriaan van, 52
Hanover, House of, 21
Harlequins (rugby club), Twickenham, 47
Harmsworth, Alfred (Lord Northcliffe), 32
Harrisons & Crosfield Tea Company, 50n
Harting, P. N. U. (1892—1970), 64, 80n, 96, 105, 109–10
Harting student exchange, 64n
Hartog, Sir Philip Joseph, 61–3, 66, 77
Harvard University, Massachusetts, 7
MacVane Prize for European historiography, 7
Hees, Pieter van, 2, 8, 13, 24, 227, 233–4, 236–7
Hemricourt de Grunne, Count Guillaume de, 73–6
Henry Wood Promenade Concerts (‘Proms’), 39
Herborn, University of, 145
Hermans, Theo, 102
Herzog, Chaim, 162
Herzog, Yaacov, 162
Hiroshima, 150
Historical Association, 76n, 116
Historikerstreit, Dutch-Belgian, see Utrecht-Leuven debate
Historikerstreit, German, 151, 163
Historiography, 133, 147–9, 152–4, 166–7
Belgian historiography, 16–7, 19, 28, 76, 80, 216, 221
Colonial history, 105, 138, 171n, 177n, 179, 181–2, 186, 189, 233
Diplomatic history, 112
Dutch history, 1, 4, 166, 170–1, 175–82, 187, 233
Microhistory, 28
Flemish nationalist historiography, 221, 226
French historiography, 111, 147n, 152, 153, 202–4
German historiography, 12, 207
Lesser Dutch (‘Kleinnederlandse’) historio- graphy, 17, 58, 221, 224
Philosophy of history, 2, 142, 170, 189
Political history, 61, 101, 149, 167, 170–1, 175–6, 180–1, 229
Public history, 3, 8, 11, 147–64, 206, 238
Social and economic history, 51, 174, 181–2
Soviet historiography, 156, 163
Transnational history, 11–2, 156–7, 175, 194–9, 201, 205
Historisch Tijdschrift, journal, 172
Historische Zeitschrift, journal, 172
History, journal, 72, 76n, 172
Hitler, Adolf, 149–50, 162–3, 203, 208
’t Hoen, Pieter, 144n
Hoeven, H. van der, 148
Hoffmann von Fallersleben, August, 57
Hogendorp, Dirk van, 181
Hogendorp, Gijsbert Karel van, 181, 183, 200
Holden, Charles, architect, 89n, 116
Holland, province, 63, 138, 173–4, 198
Hoornik, Ed, 128
Hoover, Herbert, American president, 72
Hoover Institution (Stanford, Calif.), 42
Huizinga, Johan, 11–2, 92, 99–100, 133, 153, 166, 182
IJzerbedevaart, 226n
Impact, 7–8, 11, 29, 42, 68–9, 80, 92, 118, 145, 186–8, 197–8, 201–5, 207, 218
Imperial Federation League, 137
Indonesia, 2, 137–9, 158, 169, 171n, 182, 233
Banda Island, 182
relationship with the Netherlands, 2, 135, 137, 139, 182, 233
Institut Belge de Londres, 94
Institute of Historical Research (IHR), London, 3, 10, 64n, 101, 103–119, 169
Anglo-American Conferences, 106, 112–3
Annual grant by the Dutch government, 10, 114
Bulletin of the Institute for Historical Research, 106, 112
Low Countries collection, 10, 104, 107, 110, 114–9, 169
Low Countries history seminars, 10, 101, 106, 111–2, 166, 169
Interdisciplinarity, 60, 62–3, 75, 79, 96, 182
Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis (IISG), Amsterdam, 51, 55n
nationalist movement, 23, 32, 123, 135
Italy, 66, 118, 143n, 150, 187, 226
Jacob, Donald, heer van Ophemert en Zennewijnen , see MacKay, Donald James
Jacob, Margaret, 167
Jaffé, Hans Ludwig Cohn, 130
Jeffery, George Barker, 81, 84–5
Jenkins, Ray, 33
The Jewish Quarterly Review, 162
Joan of Arc, 122
Jong, Lou de, 169n
Jong Vlaanderen (Young-Flemish movement), 32
declaration of independence (1917), 32
Journal of the History of Ideas, 155, 157
Kalff, Gerrit, 52
Kaplan, Benjamin, 101
Katholiek Hoogstudentenverbond (KVHV), 214
Kernkamp, Gerhard Willem, 17, 134
Komrij, Gerrit, 131
King Albert’s Book (1914), 37, 38n, 39n, 77
King’s College London, 29, 48–9, 58, 63, 68, 81, 86, 88–90, 95–6
Camões Chair for Portuguese, 48, 58, 105
Cervantes Chair for Spanish, 48, 58
Koraes Chair for modern Greek, 29, 48–9, 62, 81, 95, 96n, 97, 105
Maughan Library, 68n
Kingston-upon-Thames, 67
Kinsale harbour, Ireland, 168
Kinsbergen, Jan Hendrik, Admiral van, 181
Kipling, Rudyard, 37
Kleve, Germany, see Cleves
Kloek, Joost, 181
Kloos, Willem, 223
Köln, Germany, see Cologne
Koninklijke Academic van Wetenschappen (KNAW), 19, 227
Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, 227
Koninklijk Historisch Nederlands Genootschap (KNHG), 154
Koninklijke Oliemaatschappij, 47
Koninklijke West Indische Maildienst, 49
Koninkrijk der Verenigde Nederlanden (1815–30), see United Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kossmann, Ernst, 4, 21, 101, 165–7, 227, 233
Kramer, Lloyd, 201
Krimpen, South Holland, 126
Kristallnacht, see November pogrom
Kyffhäuserverband, see Verband der Vereine Deutscher Studenten
Lausanne, Switzerland, 54
Lehn, Marcel vom, 150
Leiden University, 17, 31, 52, 124, 133, 165, 189, 197, 223
Leiden, South Holland, 31, 52, 124, 180, 202n
Leiding, journal (1930—31), 53n, 141n, 233
Lennep, Jacob van, 124
Leopold III, King of the Belgians, 36, 92
Lerot, Jean, 90
Leuridan, Jeroom, 140
Leuven, Belgium, sacking of (1914), 35
Leuven, University of, 19, 35, 140–1, 222, 228–32, 236–8
Leveson-Gower, Granville (Lord Granville), 84n
Levy-Lawson, Sir Edward (Lord Burnham), 77–8, 83–4, 88–9
Limburg appendix, 69
Lindley, Jeanne (née Cammaerts), 31, 40
Lloyd George, David, 44
Locarno, Treaty of (1925), 77n
London, capital of the British Empire, 2–12, 22, 27–9, 31–3 40, 41–2, 44–7, 54–7, 67, 69–73, 89, 91, 93–101, 103–5, 107, 110–1, 113–8, 116, 125–6, 133–6, 139, 142, 145, , 155, 165, 172, 212, 224, 233
London School of Economics (LSE), 68, 88–91, 95
Department of Belgian Studies, 60, 66, 91
Chair of Belgian studies, 27–9, 44, 58–95
London School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), 48
London School of Oriental Studies, see London School of Oriental and African Studies
London School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), 48, 62, 64, 96–7
London Symphony Orchestra, 39
Looy, Jacob van, 122
Louvain, see Leuven
Low Countries, 58, 68n, 91, 110, 187, 188, 195, 197–9, 208, 210
16th century partition of, see Dutch Revolt
British perception of, 1, 28–9, 90, 95, 99–100, 103
Francophone parts of, 17–8, 20, 22, 79, 92, 99, 141, 144, 187, 209, 216
history, 4, 11, 21, 28, 58, 64, 92, 98, 99, 119, 145, 167, 185–9, 194–5, 197–9, 206, 207–8, 210–2, 215, 218–9, 221, 224
Low Countries Studies, see Dutch studies
Lugtmans, publisher, 180
Lyde, Lionel William, 68
Maas, river, 16
Maastricht, Limburg, 69
Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde, 4, 228
Macauley, Thomas Babington, 2n
MacKay, Donald James (Lord Reay), 47–8
Macmurray, John, 85
Maeterlinck, Maurice, 35, 37, 44
Manchester Guardian, British newspaper, 39, 69, 125
Manchester University, 71
Manchester, 67
Man, Isle of, 37
Maquis (French resistance), 33
Marees van Swinderen, Jhr. René de, 49–50, 59, 100, 104–5, 109–10
Masaryk, Tomáš Garrigue (1850—1937), 48, 64n
Masaryk-Chair of Central European History, 96
Maskens, chargé d’affaires, 59n, 60n
Maudslay, Algernon, 44, 58n, 61–2, 66, 76–8, 83, 85–6
Mawer, Sir Allen, 78–9, 81–2, 84–8
McGill University, Canada, 162
McNeill, William, 161
Merwe, A. van der (ps. of Pieter Geyl), 128
Metz, Friedrich, 210
Middachten Castle, Gelderland, 173
Mijnhardt, Wijnand, 181
Minderaa, P., 129
Mitrany, David, 154
Middle Ages, 10, 19, 42, 59–60, 70, 105, 111n, 124–5, 161n, 200, 218
Mitteleuropa, 209
Modern movement, 60
Moncheur, Baron Ludovic, 58, 61n, 70n
Monet, Claude, 37
Mons, Belgium, 34
Morley College, University of London, 70
The Morning Post, British newspaper, 69
Morpurgo, Michael, 39n
Morriën, Adriaan, literary critic, 130
Muiderslot Castle, Amsterdam, 121
Muller, Hendrik Clemens, 51
Multatuli, see Douwes Dekker, Edouard
Napoleon Bonaparte, 1–2, 12, 21, 118, 142, 149, 152, 159, 165, 169–70, 182, 185–206
The Nation, British newspaper, 69
Nationaal Bureau voor Documentatie over Nederland, 30n, 54–5, 72, 79, 81, 97–8, 103
Nationaal Archief, The Hague, 30, 131
Nationaal-Socialistische Beweging (NSB), 149, 169, 191–2, 199
National Archives, see Public Record Office
National Bank of South Africa, 50
National Gallery, 79n
National Liberal Club, 31, 69, 136
National Socialism (Germany), 12, 21, 24, 158, 161, 192, 214, 217–9, 225
Nazism, see National Socialism
Neale, Sir John Ernest, 10, 64n, 72, 76, 78–81, 86–7, 101, 110–2
Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij, 50
Nederlandsche Historiebladen, journal, 18–9
Nederlandsche Vereeniging te Londen, 46–52, 96
Nederlandse Taalunie, 102
Neerlandistiek, see Dutch studies
Netherlandic studies, see Dutch studies
Netherlands, 5, 15, 66, 71, 143n, 153, 190, 217, 230
colonies, 15, 47, 49, 55, 134n, 135, 137–9, 168, 171n
German occupation of (1940–45), 1, 12, 169, 208–9
government, 10, 23, 27, 42, 54, 69, 94, 96–7, 105, 108, 114–6
imperialism towards Belgium, 230, 234, 236
legation in London, 49–50, 55, 100, 104–5, 109–10
relationship with Indonesia, 2, 135, 137–139, 182, 233
The New Europe, journal, 69
New Yorker (magazine), 7
Newcastle, Duke of, 174
Newton, Isaac, 171
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 142
Nieuw Israëlietisch Weekblad, 162
Nieuwe Encyclopedie van de Vlaamse Beweging, see Encyclopedie van de Vlaamse Beweging
Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant (NRC), 5, 11, 16, 31–2, 50, 52, 59, 103, 133–4, 137, 138n, 147, 165, 191, 222
Nijhoff, Martinus, 114–5, 116n, 125
Nijmegen, Gelderland, 205, 221, 227
Nolte, Ernst, 151
Non-governmental organisations, 48, 96
Nordic Union, 140
North-Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), 101, 144
Northcliffe, Lord, see Harmsworth, Alfred
Northern Netherlands, 9, 17, 18n, 23, 188, 189, 195, 198, 215
Norway, 140
November pogrom, Germany (1938), 159
NRC-Handelsblad, see Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant
The Observer, 8
Ocean Steamship Company, 49
Office de la Propagande belge, Le Havre, 40
Olympic Games (1900), 44
Onnekink, David, 173
Opzoomer, Adèle, 122
Opzoomer, Cornelis Willem, 122
Orange River, South Africa, 140
Orange, house of, 11, 16, 21, 93, 126, 142, 171–2, 179–80, 191, 193–4, 200, 205
Orange, William of (the Silent), 191
Orangists, 112, 172, 174–5, 178n, 193, 195, 221
Order of Leopold, 37
Order of the British Empire, 7, 44
Order of the Crown of Britain, 44
Ostend (Oostende), Belgium, 38
Oszwald, Robert Paul, 207, 212–3, 218–9
Overijssel, province, 174
Oxford History of the Low Countries, 21
Oxford University, 7, 64n, 71, 110, 202
P. C. Hooft Prize, 10, 121, 130–1
Paape, Gerrit, 180
Palmer, Robert Roswell, 12, 183, 185, 198–201
Palmer-Godechot thesis, see Atlantic thesis
Pankhurst, Emmeline, 37
Pares, Bernard, 64n
Paris Commune (1871), 33
Paris Peace Conference (1919/20), 9, 28, 69, 96, 162, 209
Paris, France, 9, 28, 33, 54, 69
Parker, Geoffrey, 20
Het Parool, newspaper, 128n, 143, 144n
Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA), Dutch Labour, 233
Pater, Jan Cornelis Hendrik de, 17
Patriots, 149, 168–70, 174, 176–7, 181, 189–95, 197, 199–201
Patriottenbeweging, see Patriots
Pearce, Andy, 160
Penck, Albert, 210
PEN-Club, 34
Perron, Edgar du, 126
Petri, Franz,, 152, 207, 214–9
Philip II, King of Spain, 16
Picasso, Pablo, 47
Pirenne, Henri, 16–9, 28, 58–9, 67, 70–2, 75, 79, 92, 94, 98–100, 210, 215, 219, 221, 224
Histoire de Belgique (1900—32), 18, 58, 67, 70, 92, 99, 210, 224
‘Civilisation belge’, 70
Playroom Six, West End theatre, 125
Plutarch, 29
Pollard, Albert Frederick, 10, 106, 108, 110–3, 117
Power, Sir Cecil, 106
Princeton University, 7, 198, 201
Proms, see Henry Wood Promenade Concerts
Propaganda, 9, 22, 27, 31–2, 35, 37, 40–2, 53–6, 59, 67, 71–3, 79–82, 91, 94–7, 101, 207, 218, 229, 234
Belgian, 9, 27, 31, 40–2, 67, 71–3, 79–82, 91, 96–7, 101
Dutch, 9, 22, 27, 31, 35, 53–6, 59, 71, 73, 91, 94, 96–7, 101
German, 35, 207, 218, 229, 234
Proper, Bernardus, 45
Protestantism (in Dutch history), 17–8
Prothero, George Walter, 69n
Public Record Office, London, 6, 22, 32n, 93
Puchinger, George, 233
Queen Mary, University of London, 79n, 94, 100, 112
Raaf, K. H. de, 125
Ranke, Leopold von, 2n, 152, 158, 163n, 237
Rauter, Hanns Albin, 169n
Raynal, Abbé Guillaume Thomas François, 177n, 178n
Reay, Lord, see MacKay, Donald James
Reclus, Jacques Elysée, 33–4, 41
Red Cross, British and International, 44
Reeves, William Pember, 89
Regeringspersdienst, The Hague, 97
Renan, Ernest, 21
Renier, Gustaaf, 3, 12n, 21, 93–4, 101
Réthy, Margriet, classmate of Geyl’s, 122
Revolutionary and Napoleonic studies, 11–2, 182, 185–9, 193–4, 197–8, 201–2, 205–6
Reyneke van Stuwe, Jacob, 50–1
Rheinische Vierteljahrsblätter, journal, 214, 216
Rhineland, occupation of, 207–8
Rhodes Trust, Oxford, 50
Rhodes, Cecil, 50
Roberts, Andrew, 205
Robertson, John George, 45n, 81, 86
Rogier, Lodewijk Jacobus, 4, 17, 19, 130, 166, 205, 227–8
Roijen, Herman van, Dutch ambassador in the UK, 101n
Roman Catholicism (in Dutch history), 18, 130
Rome, Italy, 54
Romein, Jan, 142, 149n, 154–6, 163, 178, 221
Roos, Elisabeth de, 126
Rosebery, Lord, 47
Rosenthal, Joel T., 106
Rothberg, Michael, 160
Rotterdam School of Economics, 1, 21, 140n, 203
Rotterdamsche Lloyd, 49
The Roundtable, movement, 136
The Roundtable: Quarterly Review of the Politics of the British Empire, 136
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 33
Rowen, Herbert, 3, 166, 173, 176
Rowland Blades, George (Lord Ebbisham), 84n
Rowse, A. L., 165
Royal Academy of Arts, 44–5, 95
Exhibition of Dutch Art (1929), 45, 95
Exhibition of Flemish and Belgian Art (1927), 44–5, 95
Royal Asiatic Society, 47
Royal Dutch Shell, 33, 47, 49, 53n
Royal Flemish Academy, Ghent, 80
Royal Historical Society, 7, 76
Royal Holloway, University of London, 101
Royal Institution, 76
Royal Society of Literature, 76, 77n
Royal Yacht Club, 44n
Ruhr occupation (1923—25), 77n
Ruskin, John, 34
Russell Wells, Sir Sydney, 66
Russell, Bertrand, 171
Rwanda, 158
Samuel, Herbert, 43
Samuel, Marcus, 49
Sandwich, Earl of, 174
Sanskrit, 64
Schama, Simon, 167
Scheldt (Schelde), international status of river, 9, 55, 69–70, 97, 112n, 231, 234
Schermerhorn, Willem, 99n
Schiedam, South Holland, 31
Schimmelpenninck, Rutger Jan, 172, 177
Schivelbusch, Wolfgang, 35
Schönberg, Franz, 214
Schreiner, William P., 50
Schumann, Robert, composer, 39
Schuur, Koos, 128
Sea beggars, 20
Second World War, 2, 6, 12, 51, 94, 99n, 104, 118, 126, 136, 142, 149–51, 156, 165, 192, 208, 218, 221, 226, 229, 233
German concentration camps, 2, 126, 134, 149–50, 159n, 160, 217
German hostage camps, 2, 126–7, 134–5, 149
Dutch underground press, 2, 24
Seeley, John Robert, 58
Serbia, 62
Seton, Walter, 51
Seton-Watson, Robert William, 48, 64n, 69, 96–7, 111
Sharpe, Sir Alfred, 67
Shell company, see Royal Dutch Shell
Shell Transport and Trading, see Royal Dutch Shell
Shoah, see Holocaust
Sinn Féin, 23
Sjahrir, Soetan, 182
Smeesters, M., 58
Smith College, Massachusetts, 7
Socialism, 25, 34, 142n, 223, 230
South Africa, 15, 27, 32, 45, 50, 53, 57, 60, 137–40
British imperial interests in, 45, 53
Cape Dutch (Afrikaans), 57
South African War (1899–1902), 16, 50
Anglo-Dutch reconciliation after, 50
Southend-on-Sea, Essex, 67
Southern Netherlands, 9, 12, 17, 23, 194–5, 187–9, 195, 198, 215
Soviet Union, see Russia
Special Operations Executive (SOE), 33
The Spectator, 8
Spiegel, Laurens Pieter van de, 181
Staël, Madame de, 170, 181, 203
Stalin, Joseph Vissarionovich, 149
De Standaard, Belgian newspaper, 232
Standard Bank of South Africa, 50
Stichting Voorlichting omtrent Nederland, 54–7, 97
Stiftung für Volks- und Kulturbodenforschung, 209–10, 212
St Michielsgestel, Noord-Brabant, 2, 126, 134–5, 149
Stockholm, Sweden, 54
Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland, 49
Stoop, Adrian, 47
Stoop, Frederick Cornelius, 46, 49–52, 104, 109
Stratford-on-Avon, 34
Strauss, Richard, composer, 39
Stroman, Ben, 126
Struensee, Johann Friedrich, 122n
Sumer, ancient, 156
Swart, Koenraad, 101
Swarth, Hélène, 122
Talleyrand, Charles-Maurice, 203, 204n
Taylor, A. J. P., 7–8, 150n, 162, 185
Technical Commission, see Belgian-Dutch Cultural Treaty
Telegraaf, newspaper, 42
Terlinden, Charles, 18
Termonde, Belgium, 36
Theâtre du Parc, Brussels, 41
Thijm, Karel Joan Lodewijk Alberdingk van (ps. Lodewijk van Deyssel), 122, 223
De Tijd, Catholic newspaper, 130
Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis, 235
Time magazine, 161n
The Times (London), 2, 31, 42, 91, 113, 118, 165
Tollebeek, Jo, 5, 99, 153, 223, 228, 236
Tosh, John, 157
Toynbee, Arnold, 2–3, 7, 11, 22, 29, 49, 73, 81, 95–7, 99–100, 111, 118, 142, 147–9, 151, 153–163, 165, 175, 178, 185, 206, 221
A Study of History (1934–61), 2, 154–7, 160–1, 165
Radio debate with Geyl (1948), 2–3, 6–7, 11, 21–2, 49, 100, 118, 142, 147–63, 165, 178, 185–6, 206, 221
‘International Toynbee debate’ (1955/56), 151, 162–3
Koraes Chair for Greek, see King’s College, Koraes Chair
System of Civilizations, 2, 154–7, 160–1, 165
Transvaal, South Africa, 140
Trevelyan, George, 126
Trevelyan, Robert, 126
Tuke, Dame Margaret, 45, 53, 63, 110
Twickenham, Surrey, 47
Union Castle Mail Steamship Company, 49
United East India Company, 50, 168, 179, 182
United Kingdom of Great Britain and (Northern) Ireland, see Britain
United Kingdom of the Netherlands (1814–30), 91, 94, 189, 194, 209
United Provinces, Republic of, see Dutch Republic
United States of America, 7, 52n, 58, 66, 72, 106, 110, 112–3, 145, 159n, 161n, 166–7, 187, 198–9, 200n
Université Libre de Bruxelles, 25, 33, 43
Université Nouvelle, Bruxelles, 33
University College London (UCL), 7, 8, 10, 16, 33, 45, 47–9, 53–60, 64–65, 68, 73, 78–79, 81–89, 93, 95, 97, 101–102, 103–6, 109–14, 117, 125, 165–6
Art museum, 48n
Department of Dutch, 45–6, 53, 57, 61, 64, 70, 79, 101–2, 107
Department of History, 3n, 7, 64n–5n, 78, 101, 109–10
UCL Library, Dutch collections, 101
Professorial Board, 73–4, 79–88, 95
University of Glasgow, 76
University of London, 1, 3, 6, 9–10, 16, 27–29, 31, 45, 47–9, 51, 53, 59–67, 70, 76–89, 93–98, 100–1, 103–106, 110, 116, 207, 224
Archives, 73
Board of Studies for Economics, 62–3
Board of Studies for Fine Art and Architecture, 62–3
Board of Studies for Germanic languages, 62–3, 79–81
Board of Studies for History, 62, 64–7, 78–9
Board of Studies for medieval and modern languages, 62–3
Board of Studies for Romance languages, 62–3, 78–80, 82
Chair of Dutch history (and institutions), 1, 4, 16, 27, 64n, 101, 165–6, 207
Chair of Dutch studies, 9, 16, 27–9, 33, 45–58, 60–66, 96n, 103–4, 165, 224
Committee for the promotion of Dutch studies, 45–6, 49, 51–3, 58, 62, 100–1, 104–5, 108–11, 114
federal structure, 31, 48, 67, 77–9, 82, 86, 95
‘foreign chairs’, 28–9, 48, 61–2, 78, 88–9, 95, 104–5
Library (Senate House Library), 13, 27n, 31, 75n, 94
relocation of headquarters to Bloomsbury, 89
reorganisation, 61, 63, 65, 95
Senate, 45, 49, 62–3, 65–6, 73, 77–8, 83–5, 88–9
Senate House, 89, 90, 106, 116–8
University Court, 77
Utrecht-Leuven debate, 4, 12–3, 24, 55, 99, 140, 221–38
Utrecht University, 1, 7, 16, 140, 142, 197, 225
University Library, 27, 30, 122
Het Vaderland, newspaper, 50
Valera, Éamon de, 32
Van den Borren, Charles, 34
Van der Linden, Herman, 72
Van Genechten, Robert, 213
Van Houtte, Hubert, 18
Van Langenhove, Fernand, 84
Van Roosbroeck, Robert, 18
Van Severen, Joris, 25
Van Werveke, Hans, 18
Vancouver, Canada, 54
Van der Essen, Léon, 18, 41, 75
Vandervelde, Émile, 44
Vaucher, Paul, 111
Veen, Adriaan van der, 130
Velde, Henk te, 197
Velema, Wyger, 197
Verband der Vereine Deutscher Studenten (VVDSt), 213–4, 218
Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC), see United East India Company
Verkade, Willem, 177
Versailles, see Paris Peace Conference
Vestdijk, Simon, 128
Vico, Giambattista, 182
Vienna, Austria, 194
Villiers, John Abraham Jacob de, see Villiers, Sir John de
Villiers, Sir John de, 50, 51n
Villon, François, 124
Vlaanderen, Flemish-nationalist journal, 213, 225–6, 234
Vlissingen, Zeeland, see Flushing
Vlaamsch Nationaal Verbond (VNV), 23
Volk und Reich: Politische Monatshefte, 209, 219
völkisch thought, German, 12, 21, 207, 209, 214, 218–9
Von der Dunk, Hermann, 3–4, 24, 144, 166, 228, 235, 237
Vondel, Joost van den, 124
Vos, Herman, 11, 23, 32, 139–40, 213, 225
Vos, Louis, 24–5, 141, 222, 228–32, 234–5, 237
Vrij Nederland, newspaper, 24
Het Vrije Volk, newspaper, 144
Waal, river, 16
Wagenaar, Jan, 168–9, 176, 177n, 179, 181
Wallis, A. S. C., see Opzoomer, Adèle
Wallonia, see Low Countries, Francophone parts
War Propaganda Bureau (Wellington House), 40
Weapons of mass destruction, 157, 161
Wertheim, W. F., 175
Wertheim-Gijse Weenink, A. H., 175
Western Civilisation, 2, 35, 156, 161
Wetenschappelijke Tijdingen, 234–5
Wharton, Edith, 37
Wilde, Oscar, 42
Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands, 7n, 51, 93n
Willemsen, Arie W., 24, 226–9, 231–2, 234, 236–7
Willemyns, Roland, 102
William I, King of the Netherlands, 193
William III of Orange, 175
William IV of Orange, 7n, 93n, 114, 172, 174–5, 179
William V. of Orange, see William I, King of the Netherlands
Williams, C. H., 90
Wilmotte, professor, 79n
Wils, Lode, 4, 19, 24, 56n, 141, 207, 222, 229–37
Wilson, Edmond, 182
Wistrich, Robert, 160n
Witt, John de, 166, 169, 173, 175–6, 183, 200
Witten-Oorlog (1750), 169, 175–6
Woods, William, 45n
Wrench, Evelyn, 8
Yale University, Connecticut, 7, 100
Yorkshire, 67
Yugoslavia, 62
Zeegeuzen, see Sea beggars
Zwolle, Overijssel, 180
Die Zeit, German weekly, 151
Zionism, 162
Zuylen, Belle de, 180