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thoughts. He then discovered the foundations of the reforms made in the "aristocratic republics of Italy" and those of the revolution for the French republic. While in Rome, he began an affair with the
Italian painter,
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During his stay in
Florence, he had access to the archives and library of Bishop Ricci - minister-counsellor of the Grand-Duke of Habsburg - it was there that he gathered the materials for a third work,
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who opposed his policies. De Potter was then still in prison and there launched the idea of a national subscription to compensate deputies and civil servants who had fallen prey to this measure.
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Van Maanen continued to hound de Potter, this time for plotting against the state and exciting revolt, and so on 30 April 1830 he was sentenced to an 8-year exile by the
Brussels
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hounded de Potter for this opposition to
William's government and finally had him found guilty on 20 December 1828, condemning him to 18 months' detention and a fine of 1000
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were condemned to seven years' banishment at the same sitting). He thought of spending his exile in France, but this country refused to welcome him and so he ended up in
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political institutions, which, by the principals of moderation and equity, put no barrier in the way of thought". After his father's death, he left Bruges and settled in
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Lettre de DĂ©mophile Ă M. Van
Gobbelschroy sur la garantie de la liberté des Belges à l'époque de l'ouverture de la session des états généraux
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journalist, revolutionary, politician and writer. Out of the more than 100 books and pamphlets, one of the most notable works was his famous
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in which he promoted democracy, universal electoral rights and the unity among
Belgian liberals and Catholics. As one of the heroes of the
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on 28 September 1830), and inaugurated the first
Belgian parliamentary assembly (on 10 November 1830), on behalf of the outgoing
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The Spirit of the Church, or
Considerations on the history of the councils and the popes, from Charlemagne to our own days
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on 13 November 1830 he returned to private life and upon the provisional government's downfall he withdrew to France.
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in 1823, initially very satisfied to see the northern and southern Netherlands united under the rule of
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Louis de Potter: membre du gouvernement provisoire. D'après des documents inédits
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De Potter began his political career as editor of the liberal opposition journal
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Correspondance de De Potter avec Thielemans, depuis la prison des Petits Carmes
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leading briefly the "Central Committee" of the Belgian revolution of 1830
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After a long residence in Germany, France, and Italy, he returned to
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for publications composed in prison, such as the pamphlet on the
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De Potter belonged to a rich noble family (his father was the
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Lettres de saint Pie V sur les affaires religieuses en France
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L'Union des catholiques et des libéraux dans les Pays-Bas
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Journalist, leading Belgian politician, literature author
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Louis de Potter, histoire d'un homme banni de l'histoire
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La RĂ©volution belge de 1828 Ă 1839, souvenirs personnels
292:. He wrote "I thank fate for destining me to live under
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Belgian journalist, revolutionary, politician and writer
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Vie de Scipion de Ricci, Ă©vĂŞque de Pistoie et de Prato
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Vie de Scipion de Ricci, Ă©vĂŞque de Pistoie et de Prato
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Coat of arms of the de Potter de Droogenwalle family
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374:. On 10 November he pronounced the opening of the
366:, he returned to Brussels and was a member of the
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166:Clément de Potter de Droogenwalle) which sought
186:from 1821 to 1823) to study the history of the
1048:Monument to the Martyrs of the 1830 Revolution
661:Louis de Potter. RĂ©volutionnaire belge en 1830
547:Louis de Potter. RĂ©volutionnaire Belge en 1830
42:Louis Joseph Antoine de Potter de Droogenwalle
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172:French invasion of the Southern Netherlands
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208:Considerations on the history of the main
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636:Un Philosophe au Pouvoir, Louis de Potter
499:La Réalité déterminée par le raisonnement
836:List of members of the National Congress
666:This article incorporates text from the
659:René DAELEMANS & Nicolas DE POTTER,
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545:N. de Potter, R. Dalemans, F. Balace,
126:(26 April 1786 – 22 July 1859), was a
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475:Résumé de l'histoire du christianisme
410:Saint-Napoléon, en paradis et en exil
346:(de Potter's co-plotters and friends
202:In 1816 he had already published his
174:in 1794 and remained there until the
1073:1830 Volunteers' Commemorative Cross
896:Emmanuel Van der Linden d'Hooghvorst
493:La Justice et la Sanction religieuse
344:Union of the Catholics and Liberals
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1104:Historians of the Catholic Church
973:United Kingdom of the Netherlands
755:Provisional Government of Belgium
264:under the auspices of grand duke
1134:People of the Belgian Revolution
1109:19th-century Belgian journalists
991:Ten Days' Campaign (August 1831)
757:(September 1830 – February 1831)
643:Histoire de la famille Van Hille
566:Biographie nationale de Belgique
1124:19th-century Belgian historians
784:Érasme, Baron Surlet de Chokier
912:Étienne Constantin de Gerlache
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144:Belgian provisional government
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761:National Congress of Belgium
568:, vol V, 1876, col. 620-629.
376:National Congress of Belgium
132:Letter to my Fellow Citizens
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1027:Treaty of Maastricht (1843)
820:Alexandre Dechet (Jenneval)
505:A B C de la science sociale
266:Pietro Leopold I of Tuscany
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927:Albert Goblet d'Alviella
707:and the independence of
668:International Cyclopedia
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445:Lettre Ă mes concitoyens
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317:Le Courrier des Pays-Bas
304:, his former classmate.
1139:Politicians from Bruges
1058:Civic Guard Merit Medal
1022:Treaty of London (1839)
996:Siege of Antwerp (1832)
767:Constitution of Belgium
600:, Brussel, 1830, 2 vol.
380:constitutional monarchy
348:Jean-François Tielemans
302:Pierre van Gobbelschroy
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905:de Gerlache Government
848:Provisional Government
777:First Belgian monarchs
523:Dictionnaire rationnel
368:provisional government
323:. Minister of Justice
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1041:Monuments and honours
654:Historische opstellen
631:, Luik, z. d. (1930).
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188:Roman Catholic church
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958:Charles de Brouckère
932:Sylvain Van de Weyer
917:Charles de Brouckère
876:Sylvain Van de Weyer
798:King of the Belgians
740:La muette de Portici
517:Catéchisme rationnel
218:Great Western Schism
53:Austrian Netherlands
1119:Writers from Bruges
1063:1830 Star of Honour
941:Lebeau I Government
922:Alexandre Gendebien
891:Joseph Vanderlinden
881:Feuillien de Coppin
856:Alexandre Gendebien
634:E. VAN TURENHOUDT,
325:Cornelis Van Maanen
311:De Potter in prison
953:Étienne de Sauvage
825:Frédéric de Mérode
724:Belgian Revolution
717:Belgian Revolution
705:Belgian Revolution
648:Frans BAEKELANDT,
364:Belgian Revolution
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245:Scipione de' Ricci
197:Matilde Malenchini
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140:Brussels City Hall
136:Belgian Revolution
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627:Maurice BOLOGNE,
603:Lucien JOTTRAND,
511:Catéchisme social
483:(Brussel 1838-39)
400:, 6 volumes, 1821
290:William of Nassau
278:Société des douze
227:jusqu'Ă nos jours
170:after the second
168:asylum in Germany
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1088:Categories
1068:Iron Cross
834:(see also
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794:Leopold I
618:Th. JUSTE
270:Joseph II
212:from the
176:Consulate
91:Demophile
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489:, (1843)
321:unionism
298:Brussels
243:Life of
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210:councils
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262:Tuscany
251:and of
249:Pistoia
216:to the
164:Esquire
128:Belgian
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