A Concise History of Belgium

de Peuter, Roger: - Roger De Peuter was a lecturer in economic and social history at Utrecht University and taught late medieval and early modern history of the Low Countries at the Free University Brussels until his retirement in 2011. His publications include articles and a book on early modern Belgian history.

Vanthemsche, Guy: - Guy Vanthemsche is Professor Emeritus at the Free University Brussels, where he taught contemporary history for over three decades. He is the secretary of the Belgian Royal Historical Commission and a member of the Belgian Royal Academy of Overseas Sciences. He is the author of several books on nineteenth- and twentieth-century social, economic and political Belgian history, including Belgium and the Congo, 1885-1980 (Cambridge University Press, 2012).