Pieter Geyl and Britain
Pieter Geyl (1887—1966) was undoubtedly one of the most internationally renowned Dutch historians of the twentieth century, but also one of the most controversial. Having come to the UK as a journalist, he started his academic career at the University of London in the aftermath of World War I (1919)...
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| description | Pieter Geyl (1887—1966) was undoubtedly one of the most internationally renowned Dutch historians of the twentieth century, but also one of the most controversial. Having come to the UK as a journalist, he started his academic career at the University of London in the aftermath of World War I (1919) and played an important role in the early days of the Institute of Historical Research. Known in this time for his re-interpretation of the sixteenth-century Dutch Revolt against the Habsburgs, that challenged existing historiographies of both Belgium and the Netherlands but was also linked to his political activism in favour of the Flemish movement in Belgium, Geyl left his stamp on the British perception of Low Countries history before moving back to his country of origin in 1935. Having spent World War II in German hostage camps, he famously coined the adage of history being ‘a discussion without end’ and re-engaged in public debates with British historians after the war, partly conducted on the airwaves of the BBC. A prolific writer and an early example of a ‘public intellectual’, Geyl remains one of the most influential thinkers on history of his time. The present volume re-examines Geyl’s relationship with Britain (and the Anglophone world at large) and sheds new light on his multifaceted work as a historian, journalist, homme de lettres and political activist. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1321872025-03-22T19:13:04Z Pieter Geyl and Britain van Rossem, Stijn Tiedau, Ulrich Pieter Geyl Nazi Germany public intellectual postwar history Leiden Pieter Geyl (1887—1966) was undoubtedly one of the most internationally renowned Dutch historians of the twentieth century, but also one of the most controversial. Having come to the UK as a journalist, he started his academic career at the University of London in the aftermath of World War I (1919) and played an important role in the early days of the Institute of Historical Research. Known in this time for his re-interpretation of the sixteenth-century Dutch Revolt against the Habsburgs, that challenged existing historiographies of both Belgium and the Netherlands but was also linked to his political activism in favour of the Flemish movement in Belgium, Geyl left his stamp on the British perception of Low Countries history before moving back to his country of origin in 1935. Having spent World War II in German hostage camps, he famously coined the adage of history being ‘a discussion without end’ and re-engaged in public debates with British historians after the war, partly conducted on the airwaves of the BBC. A prolific writer and an early example of a ‘public intellectual’, Geyl remains one of the most influential thinkers on history of his time. The present volume re-examines Geyl’s relationship with Britain (and the Anglophone world at large) and sheds new light on his multifaceted work as a historian, journalist, homme de lettres and political activist. 2023-12-22T04:13:11Z 2023-12-22T04:13:11Z 2023-12-21T16:35:55Z 2022 book ONIX_20231221_9781915249012_8 ONIX_20231221_9781915249012_8 OCN: 1346406491 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/86289 9781913002084 9781915249005 9781915249029 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/132187 eng IHR Conference Series open access image/png image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/86289/1/9781915249012.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/86289/1/9781915249012.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/86289/1/9781915249012.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/86289/1/9781915249012.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/86289/1/9781915249012.pdf University of London Press University of London Press 10.14296/vfsr7023 10.14296/vfsr7023 3fae60e1-9f6a-42ab-a7ee-73df8c57b4f2 9781913002084 9781915249005 9781915249029 University of London Press 272 London open access |
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