Second School War
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The Second School War was a political crisis in Belgium over the issue of religion in education between 1954 and 1958. The "war" was ended by a cross-party agreement, known as the School Pact, which c
A Catholic demonstration against the Collard law in Antwerp in 1955
The Catholic University of Leuven was one of Belgium's major universities. It split along linguistic lines after a period of civil unrest in 1967–68 commonly known as the Leuven Affair in French and F
Flemish students and Gendarmes clash at Leuven in January 1968
The historic library of the Catholic University of Leuven, rebuilt after its destruction by the German Army in 1914, was a symbol of Belgian national identity
View of Louvain-la-Neuve, a planned town built after 1971 to accommodate the French section of the university