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Hendrik Conscience was a Belgian writer, politician, poet, and soldier born in Antwerp on December 3, 1812. He wrote in Dutch and French and was associated with the Romanticism movement. His notable work is *De Leeuw van Vlaenderen of de Slag der Gulden Sporen*, a piece of historical prose literature. Other works attributed to him include *De schat van Felix Roobeek*, *The village innkeeper*, *Batavia*, *Le mal du siècle*, and *孝友鏡*.
Conscience died in Brussels, Ixelles, on September 10, 1883, and is buried at Schoonselhof. He resided at the Wiertz Museum in Schilde. His archives are held at the Letterenhuis, and his works are included in the Memoria Chilena collection. He is described in sources such as *The Nuttall Encyclopædia*, the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*, the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition, and *The Catholic Encyclopedia*.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1812
- Died
- 1883
- Works
- 101
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1812-12-03 ) 3 December 1812, Antwerp , French Empire, (modern Belgium )
- Died
- 10 August 1883 (1883-08-10) (aged 70), Ixelles , Brussels, Belgium
- Resting place
- Schoonselhof cemetery , Antwerp
- Occupation
- Soldier, revolutionary, writer, poet, novelist
- Literary movement
- Romanticism
- Notable works
- The Lion of Flanders
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Described at
Biografia de Hendryck Conscience
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Hendrik
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Antwerp
- Place of death
- Ixelles
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- Dutch
- Movement
- Romanticism
- Military rank
- soldier
- Image
- Kortrijk 1302 Henri De Pondt portret van Hendrik Conscience ca. 1870 9-01-2010 14-59-41.JPG
- Residence
- Wiertz Museum
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- Hendrik Conscience
- date of birth
- 1812-01-01
- date of death
- 1883-01-01
- archives at
- Letterenhuis
- place of burial
- Schoonselhof
- writing language
- Dutch
- described at URL
- www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/c/conscience.htm
- P12674
- myocardium
- Commons Creator page
- Hendrik Conscience
- has works in the collection
- Memoria Chilena
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Hendrik Conscience, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Henri (Hendrik) Conscience (3 December 1812 – 10 September 1883) was a Belgian author. He is considered the pioneer of Dutch-language literature in Flanders, writing at a time when Belgium was dominated by the French language among the upper classes, in literature and government. Conscience fought as a Belgian revolutionary in 1830 and was a notable writer in the Romanticist style popular in the early 19th century. He is best known for his romantic nationalist novel, The Lion of Flanders (1838), inspired by the victory of a Flemish peasant militia over French knights at the 1302 Battle of the Golden Spurs during the Franco-Flemish War.
Over the course of his career, he published over 100 novels and novellas and achieved considerable popularity. After his death, with the decline of romanticism, his works became less fashionable but are still considered as classics of Flemish literature.
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