Flemish Nationalism and the Great War

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   • Karen D. Shelby

   Pages 1-28

3. IJzerbedevaart: The Last Summer Pilgrimage to the IJzer

   • Karen D. Shelby

   Pages 29-42

4. A Flemish Nation: Catholicism, Language and the Medieval Past

   • Karen D. Shelby

   Pages 43-64

5. The Battle of the Golden Spurs: Enlistment Propaganda and The Front Movement

   • Karen D. Shelby

   Pages 65-82

6. A Politicized Movement and the Memorialization of the Flemish Soldier

   • Karen D. Shelby

   Pages 83-111

7. The IJzertoren: A Heldenhuldezerk for all of Flanders

   • Karen D. Shelby

   Pages 112-142

8. World War I Memorial or Symbol of Autonomy?: Collaboration and the IJzertoren

   • Karen D. Shelby

   Pages 143-174

9. IJzerbedevaart: The Pilgrimage to the IJzer

   • Karen D. Shelby

   Pages 175-207

10. The IJzerwake: A Different Memory of the Great War

    • Karen D. Shelby

    Pages 208-226

11. Transformation: The IJzertoren Memorial Museum to the Museum aan de IJzer

    • Karen D. Shelby

    Pages 227-253

12. Conclusion

    • Karen D. Shelby

    Pages 254-264

13. Back Matter

    Pages 265-320

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Karen Shelby addresses the IJzertoren Memorial, which is dedicated to the Flemish dead of the Great War, and the role the monument has played in the discussions among the various political, social and cultural ideologies of the Flemish community.

• commemoration
• culture
• freedom
• ideology
• liberty
• Medieval Literature
• memory
• Middle Ages
• monument
• pilgrim
• play
• politics
• propaganda
• transformation

• Baruch College, The City University of New York, USA

  Karen D. Shelby

Karen Shelby is Assistant Professor in the Department of Fine and Performing Arts at Baruch College, The City University of New York, USA. Shelby is an art historian specializing in visual culture and the Great War. Her areas of interest include the commemorative practices after the war, particularly for the Belgian Army, and historical representations of the war in the museums along the Western Front.

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