History of Belgium before 1830 (1/5): from Antiquity to Charlemagne.

How did Belgium go from the Celtic world to the Roman world? Since when are the Romance and Germanic languages spoken in Belgium? What traces did the Frankish dynasties of the Merovingians and Carolingians leave in Belgium? What role did Charlemagne play in Belgium and what was the impact of the Treaty of Verdun for Belgium? So many questions that we try (modestly) to answer in this first video of the channel "Van De Belgique" dedicated to the history of Belgium.

This video is the first of a series of five episodes on the history of Belgium before its independence in 1830.

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Chapter:

0:00: Intro

0:21: Channel overview

1:19: Chapter 1: Belgium from the Celts to the Romans, 50 to 476.

6:57: Chapter 2: from Roman Belgium to the first Frankish kingdoms, 476 to 768.

8:28: Chapter 3: from Charlemagne to the Treaty of Verdun, 768 to 843.


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Erratum: the video is from March 2023, not 2022, as mistakenly indicated in the credits.