Author Archives: Godfrey Kurth

About Godfrey Kurth

Godfrey Kurth C. S. G., born at Arlon, Belgium, May 11, 1847; died at Assche, Brabant, January 4, 1916. Professor at the State University of Liege, Belgium, 1872-1906; director Belgian Historical Institute, Rome, 1906-1916. Secretary Royal Historical Commission; member of: The Academy of the Catholic Religion (Rome); the Royal Society of Literature (London); the Society for Rhenish Historical Research (Cologne); The Dutch Literary Society (Leyden); the Madrid Historical Academy; the Academy of Belles Lettres (Barcelona); Royal Academy of Belgium; hon. member of the National Academy (Rheims); titular member of the Royal Academy of Conchology; president of the Board of Administration of the Royal Library; doctor honoris causa of the Catholic University (Louvain); Com­mander of the Order of Leopold; Knight of the Order of Pius IX. Author of: “Caton l’ancien”; “Etude critique sur Saint-Lambert et son premier biographe”; “La loi de Beaumont en Belgique”; Lea Origines de la civilisation moderne.” (6 eds.); “Les Origines de la ville de Liége”; “Histoire poétique des Mérovingiens”; “La frontiére linguistique en Belgique et dans le nord de la France”, 2 vols.; “Ste Clotilde” (10 eds.); “Les études franques”; “L’église aux tournants de l’histoire” (5 eds.); “Clovis”, 2 vols. (2 eds.); “Saint-Boniface” (4 eds.) ; “Chartes de l’Abbaye de Saint-Hubert en Ardenne”; “Notger de Liége et la civilisation au Xe siècle”, 2 vols.; “La cité de Liége au moyen âge”, 3 vols.; “Manuel de l’ histoire de Belgique” (3 eds.) ; “Abrégé de l’histoire de Belgique” (2 eds.); “Manuel d’histoire universelle”, 2 vols.; “Notre nom national”; “Mizraim, Souvenirs d’ Egypte.”; “La nationalité Belge”; founder and first director of “Archives Belges, revue critique d’historiographio nationale” The Catholic Encyclopedia contains the following articles from his pen: Belgium; Burgundy; Charles Martel; Clotilda, Saint; Clovis; Egmont, Count of Lamoral; Frankenburg, Johann Hoinrich, Graf von; Franks; Fredegarius; Granvelle, Antoine Perrenot de; Netherlands; Philip II (Spain).