| | | PAGE |
| Introduction | [1] |
| Prefatory Note to the Second Edition | [7] |
| CHAPTER | | |
| I. | The Period of Formation | [8] |
| II. | The Period of Feudalism | [17] |
| III. | The Rise and Influence of the Communes | [36] |
| IV. | The Politics and Struggles of the Time of the Communes | [55] |
| V. | The Union of the Belgian Principalities under the Dukes of Burgundy | [74] |
| VI. | Belgium under Charles V (1506-55) and the Beginnings of the House of Hapsburg | [94] |
| VII. | Philip II and the Revolt of the Netherlands against Spanish Rule (1555-96) | [101] |
| VIII. | The Reign of the Archduke Albert and Isabella (1598-1633) | [120] |
| IX. | The Last Years of the Spanish Rule (1633-1715) | [125] |
| X. | Belgium under the House of Austria (1713-89) | [130] |
| XI. | Belgium under French Domination (1792-1814) | [141] |
| XII. | The Dutch Rule and the Belgian Revolt of 1830 | [145] |
| XIII. | Independent Belgium | [163] |
| XIV. | The Great Trial | [170] |
| Bibliography | [183] |
| Index | [187] |