Redeveloping the City. Cartography of the Afterlife of Monasteries in the Belgian Towns of Brussels, Antwerp and Bruges (1773/1796-1860) KU Leuven
In the late 18th century Enlightenment gave rise to the modern states and a dissolution of religious structures and landscapes. Although the dissolution of the monasteries is considered a major catalyst for urban change in the first half of the 19th-century Belgian cities, until now a synthesis was lacking. The doctoral dissertation ‘Redeveloping the City. Cartography of the ‘Second-life’ of the Monasteries in the Belgian towns of Brussels, ...