Belgian historian and pioneering Christian democrat
Godefroid Kurth
Born
(1847-05-11)11 May 1847
Arlon, province of Luxembourg, Belgium
Died
4 January 1916(1916-01-04) (aged 68)
Asse, Province of Brabant, Belgium
Nationality
Belgian
Board member of
Belgian Historical Institute in Rome
Awards
Prix quinquennal des Sciences historiques (1891); Commander in the Order of St Gregory the Great (1906); Commander in the Order of Leopold (1907); Honorary Doctorate from the Catholic University of Louvain (1912)
Academic background
Education
Athénée royal d'Arlon
Alma mater
University of Liège
Thesis
'Caton l'ancien, étude biographique' (1872)
Academic work
Discipline
History
Sub-discipline
History of Belgium, Medieval Europe
Institutions
University of Liège
Notable students
Henri Pirenne
Main interests
Merovingian dynasty, History of Liège
Notable works
Les Origines de la civilisation moderne (1886)
Godefroid Kurth (1847–1916) was a Belgian historian and pioneering Christian democrat. He is known for his histories of the city of Liège in the Middle Ages and of Belgium, his Catholic account of the formation of modern Europe in Les Origines de la civilisation moderne, and his defence of the medieval guild system.[1]
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at least as early as GodefroidKurth, who dismissed it as a gross error in 1893. The common consensus has been to follow Kurth, based on the historical...
that the most reliable source about her life is by Belgian historian GodefroidKurth, but David Hugh Farmer calls Gregory of Tours' hagiography about Clotilde...
probable birthplace: Landen, modern Belgium. However, according to GodefroidKurth, it was only in the twelfth century that the chroniclers of Brabant...
Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (1710–1795) GodefroidKurth, historian (1847–1916) Jean-Marie Gaspar, sculptor (1861–1931) Benoît...
languages." Gibbon was echoed a century later by the Belgian historian GodefroidKurth, who wrote that the Battle of Tours "must ever remain one of the great...
Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 557. GodefroidKurth, Clovis, the Founder, Éditions Tallandier, 1896, p. 505 ; Patrick Périn...
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national history. The movement was led by GodefroidKurth, a student of the German historian Ranke. Kurth taught modern historical methods to his students...
The Dutch Republic, pp. 9-11 Israel, The Dutch Republic, p. 12-14 Kurth, Godefroid (1908). "Burgundy" . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. see para entitled:...
in general following conclusions based on toponymy by the historian GodefroidKurth. The historiography of this idea is traced by Luc van Durme in "Genesis...
library of Averbode Abbey. A critical edition of the chronicle by GodefroidKurth was published in 1927 under the title La chronique de Jean de Hocsem...
cérémonies, & oraisons (in French). Reims: Regnaud Florentain. pp. 2–3. GodefroidKurth (1896). Clovis (in French). Vol. Tome I. Manne fils. pp. 326–358, esp...
Belgium. He studied at the University of Liège where he was a student of GodefroidKurth (1847–1916). He became Professor of History at the University of Ghent...
and in Tongeren. He studied history at the University of Liège under GodefroidKurth, graduating with a doctorate in 1892. At the end of 1894 he was appointed...
philosophy in 1893 and another in law in 1895. He then became a pupil of GodefroidKurth, obtaining a doctorate in history in 1898 with a thesis on the Chronicle...
Hasbania (Hesbaye). Since at least the 19th century, scholars including GodefroidKurth have doubted the traditional explanation of the name Liugas as being...
France, Librairie Académique Perrin, 1992, p. 32-33 ISBN 2-262-00789-6 Kurth, Godefroid. "St. Clotilda". The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 4. New York: Robert...
which historians consider to have very little value as a source. GodefroidKurth, "Réginard", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 18 (Brussels, 1905)...
Louis Prosper Gachard Arthur Gaillard Victor Gaillard Théodore Juste GodefroidKurth Joseph Kervyn de Lettenhove Philippe Kervyn de Volkaersbeke Henri Lonchay...
to Reginlint (State College, PA: Editions Enlaplage, 2008), p. 7. GodefroidKurth, Notger de Liège et la civilisation au Xe siècle, vol. 1 (Paris: Alphonse...
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