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Belgian in 1842, became a police commissioner in Arlon but died in 1850. The family spoke Luxembourgish at home, and he learned French in primary school. He was educated at the
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on 4 January 1916. He was provisionally buried in Asse, and later exhumed and reburied in Arlon. There are streets named after him in both Arlon, Asse and Liège.
395:(Université de Liège, 1908). Halkin said of him, "Godefroid Kurth the last of the romantic historians and the first of the 'technical' historians in Belgium."
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considered them the founders of the scientific method of history in
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wrote in the preface that Kurth, whose family origins were German, was "overwhelmed by the invasion, its iniquity, its atrocities, its sham".
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In 1873, Kurth became the first person to be awarded the "special doctorate in historical sciences", for a dissertation on
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In 1906, Kurth was promoted to emeritus status and left the university to take up the position of director of the
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In Liège, Kurth encountered difficulties because of his strongly held
Catholic views, which were considered
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Godefroid Kurth wrote over 500 books and journal articles, including contributions to the
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Pirenne: An improbable friendship
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804:"Les Ducs et les comtes d'Auvergne au VIe siècle",
593:(Paris, Éditions Tallandier, 1896; reprinted 2000,
551:(Arlon, Institut archéologique du Luxembourg, 1880)
260:(1847–1916) was a Belgian historian and pioneering
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Belgian historian and pioneering Christian democrat
849:"Recherche sur l'origine des paroisses de Liège",
530:(1909–1910) remain indispensable reference works.
893:"Etude critique sur la vie de Sainte Geneviève",
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443:and with German colleagues, was repulsed by the
631:Notger de Liège et la civilisation au Xe siècle
264:. He is known for his histories of the city of
794:"Les Nationalités en Auvergne au VIe siècle",
572:(Brussels, Société belge de librairie, 1893),
832:Bulletin de l'institut archéologique liégeois
466:("The Prussian Ambush in Belgium"). Cardinal
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815:(Brussels, H. Lamertin, 1904), pp. 289–293,
778:(Brussels, Société belge de librairie, 1893)
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585:Das deutsche Belgien und der Deutsche Verein
581:(Brussels, Société belge de librairie, 1896)
439:Kurth, who had strong links with the German
861:Bulletin de la Commission Royale d'Histoire
758:Bulletin de la Commission royale d'Histoire
727:Bulletin de la Commission royale d'Histoire
411:. In 1873, he was elected president of the
308:Godefroid Kurth was born on 11 May 1847 in
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561:Les Origines de la civilisation moderne
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103:Belgian Historical Institute in Rome
954:Annuaire de l'Académie royale belge
557:(Liège, L. Grandmont-Danders, 1883)
280:account of the formation of modern
172:Caton l'ancien, étude biographique'
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840:"Ce que demandent les Allemands",
746:"La Loi de Beaumont en Belgique",
703:Le Guet-apens prussien en Belgique
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540:Caton l'ancien, étude biographique
464:Le Guet-apens prussien en Belgique
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926:Paul Gérin, "Kurth, Godefroid",
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409:Society of Saint Vincent de Paul
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896:Revue d'Histoire Ecclésiastique
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528:La cité de Liège au Moyen-âge
501:Catholic University of Leuven
484:Order of St Gregory the Great
312:, the capital of the Belgian
114:Order of St Gregory the Great
863:, 78 (1909), pp. CII-CXXII,
399:Political and social thought
391:was published in his honor,
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950:Notice sur Godefroid Kurth
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877:(Tamines and Paris, 1912)
853:, 16 (1907), pp. 227–251,
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740:, 24 (1878), pp. 586–593,
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445:German invasion of Belgium
413:Cercle catholique de l'Est
883:"L'édit de Milan (313)",
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591:Clovis, le fondateur
99:Board member of
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358:University of Liège
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