Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Britain and the Low Countries

Hugh Dunthorne taught history at Swansea University from 1971 until 2009. He has written on various aspects of Anglo-Dutch relations, and has recently completed a study of Britain and the Dutch Revolt 1560-1700.Michael Wintle is Professor of European History at the University of Amsterdam; prior to 2002, he taught at the University of Hull, UK. He has published widely on Dutch and European history, including The Image of Europe (Cambridge University Press, 2009).

• List of Illustrations PrefaceNotes on Contributors Ken Haley: An Appreciation, Bob MoorePART I : INTRODUCTORYBritain, Belgium and the Netherlands and the Historical Imagination in the Nineteenth-Century: An Introduction, Michael Wintle 1. From Waterloo Field to Bruges-la-Morte. Historical Imagination in the Nineteenth Century, Niek van SasPART II : THE SCOPE AND LANGUAGE OF NATIONAL HISTORY2. A Very English Affair? Defining the Borders of Nation and Empire in Nineteenth-Century British Historiography, Andrew Mycock3. Who is the Nation and What Does it Do? The Discursive Construction of the Nation in Belgian and Dutch National Histories of the Romantic Period, Marnix Beyen 4. The Colonies in the Dutch National Museums for Art and History (1800-1885), Ellinoor Bergvelt PART III: HISTORICAL FICTION AND COLLECTIVE IDENTITY5. ‘Retro-Fitting the Past’: Literary Historicism between the Golden Spurs and Waterloo, Joep Leerssen 6. The Victorians, the Dark Ages and English National Identity, Joanne Parker7. ‘True Conception of History’: ‘Making the Past Part of the Present’ in late Victorian Historical Romances, Anna VaninskayaPART IV: THE PAST IMAGINED IN THE VISUAL ARTS8. Picturing Patriotism: The Image of the Artist-Hero in Britain and the Belgian Nation State, 1830-1900, Jenny Graham9. In Search of the Historical Culture of Belgian Immigrants in Northern France, 1850-1914 , Saartje Vanden Borre and Tom Verschaffel10. ‘Retracing the History of our Country’: National History Painting and Engraving in Britain and the Low Countries during the Nineteenth Century, Hugh DunthorneGeneral BibliographyFifty Years of Anglo-Dutch Historical Conferences and Britain and the Netherlands Published Volumes, 1959-2012Index