Introduction
1. From Pagans to Crusaders
2. Patterns of Power and Piety
3. The Low Countries United and Divided
4. From Delftware to Porcelain
5. The Rise and Fall of the Liberal Order
6. World Wars and World Peace
Chronology of Major Events
Select List of Dynasties and Rulers
Select List of Political Parties and Governments since 1918
Selected Further Reading in English.
Paul Arblaster teaches at Zuyd University, Maastricht, the Netherlands. He previously taught at the Centre for European Studies at the University of Leuven, and at Facultés Universitaires Notre Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium.