The Royal Historical Commission was founded by royal decree on 22nd July 1834. As outlined in the regulations of its organisational structure established on 1st April 1976, "its task is to research, identify, edit and analyse written sources which are of interest to the history of Belgium, and to publish critical studies relating to these sources, as well as to provide working tools for historians.".

Every year since 1845, the Commission has published a Bulletin which contains scientific contributions it has selected. The Commission "is authorised to publish elsewhere and, in any form deemed appropriate, scientific articles which cannot be included in the report". It has thus created several series which reflect its publishing policies.
Details of the contents of each series, a summary of the most recent reports and subscription procedures are outlined in the list of publications.

New publications

C19

Wolfgang Cortjaens
Amis gothiques - Der Briefwechsel von August Reichensperger und Jean-Baptiste Bethune, 1858-1891, Brussel, 2011, xxii-239 p.
42 €
Summary

Handelingen van de Koninklijke Commissie voor Geschiedenis / Bulletin de la Commission royale d’Histoire, 177, 2011

  • Florence Close, La charte de Richer de Liège du 16 novembre 932. Une copie historique à réhabiliter, p. 5-20. - Summary

  • Bert Verwerft, Een blauwdruk van het Bourgondische beleid in het graafschap Vlaanderen: de regentschapsinstructie van 1387, p. 21-44. - Summary

  • Véronique Flammang & Maria Van Eeckenrode, Le Jardinet de Hainaut : essai de typologie et clés d’interprétation (XVIe - XVIIIe siècles). Mise en scène d’un comté lors des inaugurations princières en Hainaut, p. 45-80. - Summary

  • Michael Depreter, L’artillerie de Charles le Hardi, duc de Bourgogne (1467-1477). Reflets des réformes d’un prince, p. 81-154. - Summary

  • Claude Bruneel, La pratique du théâtre à Lessines et dans les campagnes du Hainaut septentrional. L’interdiction des autorités en 1786-1788, p. 155-181. - Summary

  • Michel Vermote, Achter de schermen van de Belgische Werkliedenpartij. De verslagen van Bureau en Algemene Raad 1892-1940. Historiek en duiding als bron, p. 183-260. - Summary

  • Sessions and reports 2010, p. 265-331.