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Born December 23, 1862 • Verviers • Belgium
Died October 24, 1935 (aged 72) • Belgium
Subjects Of Study Middle Ages • Belgium

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Étienne-Constantin, baron de Gerlache
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Marc Bloch
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Flavio Biondo
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Pierre Pithou
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J.-C.-L. Simonde de Sismondi
Swiss economist
Charles Homer Haskins
American educator
Ferdinand Lot
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Johan Huizinga
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Adam Of Bremen
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Theodor von Sickel
Austrian historian
Joachim Lelewel
Joachim Lelewel
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Leopold II
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Herman Van Rompuy
prime minister of Belgium
King Leopold III, 1950.
Leopold III
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Willy Claes
Willy Claes
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