page_title: Godefroid Kurth
hierarchical_section_title: Godefroid Kurth
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Buste de Godefroid Kurth à Arlon
context_page_description: Godefroid Kurth was a celebrated Belgian historian and pioneering Christian democrat. He is known for his histories of the city of Liège in the Middle Ages and of Belgium, his Catholic account of the formation of modern Europe in Les Origines de la civilisation moderne, and his defence of the medieval guild system.
context_section_description: Godefroid Kurth (1847–1916) was a celebrated Belgian historian and pioneering Christian democrat. He is known for his histories of the city of Liège in the Middle Ages and of Belgium, his Catholic account of the formation of modern Europe in Les Origines de la civilisation moderne, and his defence of the medieval guild system.
caption: Monument in Arlon
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