{"id":2502,"date":"2022-10-25T09:09:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T07:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commissionroyalehistoire.s303.be\/?page_id=2502"},"modified":"2024-04-10T13:40:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T11:40:11","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/commissionroyalehistoire.be\/en\/commission\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”3″ bottom_padding=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”153498″][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_custom_heading auto_text=”yes” text_color=”accent” heading_semantic=”h1″ text_size=”fontsize-723857″ text_weight=”400″ text_height=”fontheight-576653″ text_space=”fontspace-156327″ separator=”yes” separator_double=”yes” uncode_shortcode_id=”150576″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”][\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”265502″][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_custom_heading text_font=”font-177168″ text_size=”h3″ text_weight=”500″ text_transform=”uppercase” text_space=”fontspace-137517″ uncode_shortcode_id=”169079″]Chronological milestones<\/span>[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”159596″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_right” gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ align_medium=”align_left_tablet” medium_width=”0″ align_mobile=”align_left_mobile” mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”121700″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_custom_heading text_color=”color-319448″ heading_semantic=”h3″ text_font=”font-151034″ text_size=”fontsize-308550″ uncode_shortcode_id=”171836″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]1770[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”3\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”183836″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”188509″]Under Charles of Lorraine, Governor General of the Austrian Netherlands, the plenipotentiary, Count Charles de Cobenzl, a supporter of the Enlightenment, fostered the idea of encouraging the research and publication of the country’s principal chronicles.<\/p>\n In 1759, Corneille-Fran\u00e7ois de Nelis, librarian at Louvain University and future Bishop of Antwerp, had the idea of publishing a collection of works by former Belgian historians, the “Belgicarum rerum prodromus sive de historia Belgica ejusque scriptoribus praecipuis commentatio”.<\/p>\n After the minister’s death in 1770, his ideas were taken up by the Imperial and Royal Academy of Brussels. At the instigation of Georges-Joseph G\u00e9rard, its Secretary and subsequent Director, Monumenta historiae Belgicae came to fruition. The results were nevertheless limited.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”202205″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”397468″][vc_single_image media=”976″ media_width_use_pixel=”yes” alignment=”center” uncode_shortcode_id=”232179″ media_width_pixel=”2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”159596″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_right” gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ align_medium=”align_left_tablet” medium_width=”0″ align_mobile=”align_left_mobile” mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”121700″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_custom_heading text_color=”color-319448″ heading_semantic=”h3″ text_font=”font-151034″ text_size=”fontsize-308550″ uncode_shortcode_id=”104636″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]1827[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”3\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”183836″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”740705″]The creation, according to Nelis’s ideas, of a special Commission with the task of publishing previously unpublished chronicles which were of interest to national history. The initiative covered the southern part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”202205″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”397468″][vc_single_image media=”976″ media_width_use_pixel=”yes” alignment=”center” uncode_shortcode_id=”232179″ media_width_pixel=”2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”159596″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_right” gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ align_medium=”align_left_tablet” medium_width=”0″ align_mobile=”align_left_mobile” mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”121700″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_custom_heading text_color=”color-319448″ heading_semantic=”h3″ text_font=”font-151034″ text_size=”fontsize-308550″ uncode_shortcode_id=”660391″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]1834[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”3\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”183836″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”132716″]22nd July The Institution was free to act in scientific matters but its members were to be appointed by the king.<\/p>\n Baron de Gerlache The Presidency was conferred on Baron Etienne-Constantin de Gerlache who was appointed Head of the National Congress in February 1831. 4th<\/sup> and 6th<\/sup> August 8th<\/sup> December<\/strong> 1st<\/sup> December With the publication of the two-volume M\u00e9moires et documents sur la r\u00e9volution belge et la Campagne des Dix jours<\/em>, edited by Baron Buffin, the Commission went beyond the chronological boundaries of the Old Regime for the first time.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”202205″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”397468″][vc_single_image media=”976″ media_width_use_pixel=”yes” alignment=”center” uncode_shortcode_id=”232179″ media_width_pixel=”2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”159596″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_right” gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ align_medium=”align_left_tablet” medium_width=”0″ align_mobile=”align_left_mobile” mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”121700″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_custom_heading text_color=”color-319448″ heading_semantic=”h3″ text_font=”font-151034″ text_size=”fontsize-308550″ uncode_shortcode_id=”124882″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]1922[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”3\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”183836″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”186950″]Eug\u00e8ne Hubert, Minister for the Sciences and Arts and Member of the Commission, authorised the Commission to accept applications for membership which were to be submitted to him. This procedure became official in the statutes laid down in 1954.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”202205″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”397468″][vc_single_image media=”976″ media_width_use_pixel=”yes” alignment=”center” uncode_shortcode_id=”232179″ media_width_pixel=”2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”159596″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_right” gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ align_medium=”align_left_tablet” medium_width=”0″ align_mobile=”align_left_mobile” mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”121700″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_custom_heading text_color=”color-319448″ heading_semantic=”h3″ text_font=”font-151034″ text_size=”fontsize-308550″ uncode_shortcode_id=”389794″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]1934[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”3\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”183836″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”439787″]28th<\/sup> November
\n<\/strong>Following a proposal made by Charles Rogier, Minister of the Interior, Leopold I, the Belgian king, signed the royal decree which founded a “Commission whose task is to research and update previously unpublished Belgian chronicles”. The abbreviated title, “Royal Historical Commission”, was the name which was to prevail afterwards.<\/p>\n
\nFr\u00e9d\u00e9ric de Reiffenberg, Professor at the State University of Louvain and afterwards at Li\u00e8ge, and who was to become Head Curator at the Royal Library, took up office as Secretary. Louis-Prosper Gachard, the National Head Archivist, took up office as Treasurer. The other members included Mgr Pierre de Ram, Rector of the Catholic University of Louvain who was appointed a few months later in November; Louis Dewez, Permanent Secretary to the Royal Academy of Sciences, Arts and Fine Arts of Belgium; L\u00e9opold-Auguste Warnkoenig, Professor at the State University of Ghent; and Jan-Frans Willems, Registrar at Ekloo and a specialist in historical and literary Flemish manuscripts. The Commission was established on 4th August.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The publishing regulations were decreed.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”202205″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”397468″][vc_single_image media=”976″ media_width_use_pixel=”yes” alignment=”center” uncode_shortcode_id=”232179″ media_width_pixel=”2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”159596″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_right” gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ align_medium=”align_left_tablet” medium_width=”0″ align_mobile=”align_left_mobile” mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”121700″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_custom_heading text_color=”color-319448″ heading_semantic=”h3″ text_font=”font-151034″ text_size=”fontsize-308550″ uncode_shortcode_id=”180535″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]1836[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”3\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”183836″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”184328″]2nd March<\/strong>
\nThe first of a long series of publications were submitted to the King:
\nthe Chronique en vers de Jean Van Heelu ou relation de la bataille de Woeringen. Rymkronyk van Jan Van Heelu betreffende den slag van Woeringen<\/em>, edited by the good offices of J.-F. Willems, a study to be found in the series in-4\u00b0.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”202205″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”397468″][vc_single_image media=”976″ media_width_use_pixel=”yes” alignment=”center” uncode_shortcode_id=”232179″ media_width_pixel=”2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”159596″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_right” gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ align_medium=”align_left_tablet” medium_width=”0″ align_mobile=”align_left_mobile” mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”121700″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_custom_heading text_color=”color-319448″ heading_semantic=”h3″ text_font=”font-151034″ text_size=”fontsize-308550″ uncode_shortcode_id=”110490″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]1837[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”3\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”183836″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”133744″]IInitially, the minutes of meetings appeared in the columns of the Moniteur belge<\/em>. During that year, it was decided to issue a separate publication edited by the Commission itself: Compte rendu des s\u00e9ances de la Commission royale d’Histoire ou recueil de ses Bulletins<\/em>. Volume I, (meetings held from 1834 to 1837), appeared in the second edition in 1844. In 1904, the publication was given the title Bulletin de la Commission royale d’Histoire<\/a><\/strong>.
\nFrom Volume C (1936) onwards, the publication had a bilingual title: Bulletin de la Commission royale d’Histoire – Handelingen van de Koninklijke Commissie voor Geschiedenis<\/p>\n
\nBy royal decree, the decision was taken to endow Belgium with a chronological Table of printed charters in respect to its history. A ministerial decree issued on 16th<\/sup> November 1838 laid down the regulations to be followed.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”202205″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”397468″][vc_single_image media=”976″ media_width_use_pixel=”yes” alignment=”center” uncode_shortcode_id=”232179″ media_width_pixel=”2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”159596″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_right” gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ align_medium=”align_left_tablet” medium_width=”0″ align_mobile=”align_left_mobile” mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”121700″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_custom_heading text_color=”color-319448″ heading_semantic=”h3″ text_font=”font-151034″ text_size=”fontsize-308550″ uncode_shortcode_id=”709817″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]1845[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”3\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”183836″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”282461″]29th<\/sup> March<\/strong>
\nA ministerial decree established the rules of the Royal Historical Commission.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Royal Historical Commission became affiliated with the Acad\u00e9mie royale de Belgique, where it thereafter held its meetings.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”202205″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”397468″][vc_single_image media=”976″ media_width_use_pixel=”yes” alignment=”center” uncode_shortcode_id=”232179″ media_width_pixel=”2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”159596″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_right” gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ align_medium=”align_left_tablet” medium_width=”0″ align_mobile=”align_left_mobile” mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”121700″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_custom_heading text_color=”color-319448″ heading_semantic=”h3″ text_font=”font-151034″ text_size=”fontsize-308550″ uncode_shortcode_id=”144344″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]1854[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”3\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”183836″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”968616″]Whereas the Commission had been limited mainly to the medieval period until this time, Gachard published the first volume covering the Modern Period in the series in-8\u00b0.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”202205″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”397468″][vc_single_image media=”976″ media_width_use_pixel=”yes” alignment=”center” uncode_shortcode_id=”232179″ media_width_pixel=”2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”159596″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_right” gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ align_medium=”align_left_tablet” medium_width=”0″ align_mobile=”align_left_mobile” mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”121700″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_custom_heading text_color=”color-319448″ heading_semantic=”h3″ text_font=”font-151034″ text_size=”fontsize-308550″ uncode_shortcode_id=”119346″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]1859[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”3\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”183836″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”286840″]The Commission celebrates its first 25 years of existence. A commemorative medal was produced for the occasion.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”202205″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”397468″][vc_single_image media=”976″ media_width_use_pixel=”yes” alignment=”center” uncode_shortcode_id=”232179″ media_width_pixel=”2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”159596″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_right” gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ align_medium=”align_left_tablet” medium_width=”0″ align_mobile=”align_left_mobile” mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”121700″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_custom_heading text_color=”color-319448″ heading_semantic=”h3″ text_font=”font-151034″ text_size=”fontsize-308550″ uncode_shortcode_id=”155936″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]1869[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”3\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”183836″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”203718″]Deputy members, who were unlimited in number, were nominated to replace members in office.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”202205″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”397468″][vc_single_image media=”976″ media_width_use_pixel=”yes” alignment=”center” uncode_shortcode_id=”232179″ media_width_pixel=”2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”159596″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_right” gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ align_medium=”align_left_tablet” medium_width=”0″ align_mobile=”align_left_mobile” mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”121700″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_custom_heading text_color=”color-319448″ heading_semantic=”h3″ text_font=”font-151034″ text_size=”fontsize-308550″ uncode_shortcode_id=”147352″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]1870[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”3\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”183836″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”790937″]At about this time, Commission staff were largely renewed. Gachard was to outlive his colleagues who covered the period back to 1834. Among the new staff appointed, the majority were State or local archivists. Their presence helped even more to redirect the Commission’s aims towards large-scale studies of ancient documents.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”202205″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”397468″][vc_single_image media=”976″ media_width_use_pixel=”yes” alignment=”center” uncode_shortcode_id=”232179″ media_width_pixel=”2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”159596″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_right” gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ align_medium=”align_left_tablet” medium_width=”0″ align_mobile=”align_left_mobile” mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”121700″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_custom_heading text_color=”color-319448″ heading_semantic=”h3″ text_font=”font-151034″ text_size=”fontsize-308550″ uncode_shortcode_id=”777136″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]1896[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”3\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”183836″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”372167″]The Instructions pour la publication des textes historiques was developed on the initiative of Henri Pirenne. Its aim was to give publications a critical approach and to standardise presentation.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”202205″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”397468″][vc_single_image media=”976″ media_width_use_pixel=”yes” alignment=”center” uncode_shortcode_id=”232179″ media_width_pixel=”2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”159596″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_right” gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ align_medium=”align_left_tablet” medium_width=”0″ align_mobile=”align_left_mobile” mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”121700″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_custom_heading text_color=”color-319448″ heading_semantic=”h3″ text_font=”font-151034″ text_size=”fontsize-308550″ uncode_shortcode_id=”115922″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]1898[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”3\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”183836″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”290745″]The Commission developed an extensive work programme which led to a more advanced publishing policy<\/a><\/strong>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”202205″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”397468″][vc_single_image media=”976″ media_width_use_pixel=”yes” alignment=”center” uncode_shortcode_id=”232179″ media_width_pixel=”2″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”159596″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_right” gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ align_medium=”align_left_tablet” medium_width=”0″ align_mobile=”align_left_mobile” mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”121700″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_custom_heading text_color=”color-319448″ heading_semantic=”h3″ text_font=”font-151034″ text_size=”fontsize-308550″ uncode_shortcode_id=”304897″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]1909[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ back_color=”color-114040″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”3\/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”183836″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”120574″]9th<\/sup> November
\n<\/strong>The commemoration took place, in the presence of the King Leopold II, of the 75th<\/sup> anniversary of the Commission. Nomination of an unlimited number of deputy members who were to replace members in office.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The Royal Historical Commission celebrated its centenary in the presence of the King and Queen. On this formal occasion, Henri Pirenne, the Treasurer, gave an account of the institution’s historical background.<\/p>\n