1st Edition

The Belgian Revolt of 1830

By Nick Ridley Copyright 2025
154 Pages
by Routledge

154 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines and analyses the factors essential for the success of the Belgian Revolution of 1830, in which the southern provinces of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands successfully broke away in a nationalist revolt and became the independent Kingdom of Belgium. The Belgian Revolution of 1830 was a major factor in breaking the post-1815 Vienna Settlement and the international system,... Read more

1. The Netherlands Provinces Revolt, Dutch Independence

2. From Spanish Hapsburg to Austrian Hapsburg Rule — and Revolt

3. The Unsuccessful 1788–1789 Revolt

4. French Revolutionary Forces Take Over

5. Under French Rule

6. Merged with the Dutch Kingdom

7. The Belgian Revolt Erupts

8. The International Dimension

9. The Powers Confer

10. Dutch Anger — Hostilities Resume

11. Diplomacy — the Major Powers’ Diplomacy — Resumes

12. Aftermath

13. Analysis

14. Conclusion

Biography

Nick Ridley is Visiting Research Fellow at Liverpool John Moores University. He specializes in international history, anti-terrorism and the history of insurgences. His previous publications include Diplomacy through the Ages, Carlo di Rudio and the Age of Revolution and three books on the 16th- and 17th-century Dutch Revolt.