KURTH
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KURTH
Kurth, GoDEFRoiD, C.S.G., b. at Arlon, Belgium,
11 May, 1847; d. at Assche, Brabant, 4 January,
1916. Professor at the University of Liege, Belgium,
1872-1906; director, Belgian Historical Institute,
Rome, 1906-1916. Secretary Royal Historical Com-
mission; member of: the Academy of the Catholic
Religion (Rome); the Royal Society of Literature
(London); the Society for Rhenish Historical Re-
search (Cologne); the Dutch Literary Society
(Leyden); the Madrid Historical Academy; the
Academy of Belles Lettres (Barcelona) ; Royal Acade-
my of Belgium; hon. member of the National Acade-
my (Reims) ; titular member of the Royal Academy
of Conchology; president of the Board of Adminis-
tration of the Royal Library; doctor honoris causa of
the CathoUc TJmversity (Louvain); Commander of
the Order of Leopold; Knight of the Order of Pius IX.
Author of: "Caton I'ancien"; "Etude critique sur
Saint-Lambert et son premier biographe"; "La loi de
Beaumont en Belgique"; "Les origines de la civilisa-
tion moderne" (6 eds.); "Les Origines de la ville de
LiSge"; "Histoire po6tique dos Merovingiens"; "La
frontiSre linguistique en IJelgique et dans le nord de la
France", 2 vols.; "Ste. Clotdde" (10 eds.); "Les
6tudes franques"; "L'(5glise aux tournants de I'his-
toire" (4 eds.); "Clovis", 2 vols. (2 eds.); "Saint-
Boniface" (4 eds.); "Chartes de I'Abbaye de Saint-
Hubert en Ardenne " ; " Notger de, Li^ge et la civilisation
au X** si^cle", 2 vols.; "La cit6 de Lidge au (moyen
Age," 3 vols.; "Manuel de I'histoire de Belgique"
(3 eds.); "Abr6g6 de I'histoire de Belgique" (2 eds.);
"Manuel d'histoire universeUe", 2 vols.; "Notre nom
national"; "Mizraim, Souvenirs d'Egypte"; "La
nationality Beige"; founder and first director of
"Archives Beiges, revue critique d'historiographie
nationale".
ARTICLES: Belgium; Bdegundt; Charles Mabtel; Clotilda, Saint; Clovis; Egmont, Count of Lamoral; Frankenberg, Johann Heinrich, Graf von; Franks; Fredbgarius; Granvelle, Antoine Perrenot de; Nether- lands; Philip II (Spain).
