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Leopold III and the Belgian Royal Question
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arango, E. Ramón (Ergasto Ramón)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leopold III, King of the Belgians, 1901-1983.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 online resource (xiv, 234 pages))
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Johns Hopkins University Press 1963
- Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press [1961]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Originally published in 1963. Between 1945 and 1951, Belgium faced a crisis in political leadership when its ruling monarch, King Leopold III, was accused of violating the Belgian Constitution during World War II. The "question" at hand refers to the uncertainty over whether King Leopold III could return to Belgium as king. This book documents the history of this political crisis, culminating with the abdication of King Leopold and the assumption of the crown by Baudouin, Leopold's son.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1
- The Monarchy: Its Origins and Functions
- The Nature of the Belgian Monarchy
- Elements of Division in Belgium
- Leopold III and His Relationship to the Monarchy
- Leopold's Philosophy of Kingship
- Chapter 2
- The Policy of Independence-Neutrality
- The Collapse of Collective Security and International Alliance
- The Government's Defense of Independence-Neutrality
- Chapter 3
- The Eighteen-Day Campaign and the Summer of 1940
- The Battle
- The Separation of King and Government
- The Government-in-Exile
- Chapter 4
- The Royal Question Takes Shape
- Contacts between King and Government, 1940-1944
- The King's Political Testament
- The Battle Lines Form
- Chapter 5
- The Government's Case Against Leopold
- The Charges
- The Country Waits for the King's Defense
- Chapter 6
- Leopold's Defense: The Report of the Commission of Information
- The Prewar Period and the Eighteen-Day Campaign
- The Question of Constitutionality
- Leopold's Defense against the Government's Accusations
- Summary and Conclusions
- Chapter 7
- The End of the Royal Question
- The Two-Year Stalemate
- Relations between King and Government, 1947-1949
- The Consultation
- The Elections of June 4, 1950, and the End ofthe Leopold Affair
- Chapter 8
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-0040-4
- OCLC:
- 1128018669
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