Fostering the Catholic cultural ties between the Netherlands and Flanders A study on the reflections of the Dutch Catholic intellectuals involved in the periodical ‘De Beiaard’ regarding the First World War and its outcome Research Master Thesis in Historical Studies Supervised by Dr Jan Brabers Christoph van den Belt s4037146 Radboud University
[email protected] 12th of August, 2016 Diese Masterarbeit ist meinen lieben Großeltern Ursula und Georg Hohmann aus Weimar gewidmet 1 ‘Ich wollte einfach alles wissen.’ (Professor Dr.-Ing. habil. Georg Hohmann – mein Großvater) ‘Ik heb aan ’t eind van een studie altijd angst, niet genoeg gedocumenteerd te zijn, een soort examenvrees om nog een en ander en alles tegelijk na te slaan.’ (Gerard Brom) 2 Table of contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 5 Chapter 1 – Status Quaestionis ............................................................................................................ 8 The Dutch ............................................................................................................................................ 8 Dutch Catholics ................................................................................................................................. 10 Dutch intellectuals ............................................................................................................................. 12 Catholic intellectuals ........................................................................................................................