''Geschiedenis Magazine'' is a Dutch popular historical

magazine A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...

. It was first published as ''Spiegel Historiael'' in 1966 and appears under its current name since 2006, as a consequence of a modernization effort.

History and profile

''Geschiedenis Magazine'' was established with the intent of presenting historical articles to a broader, non-specialist audience (in a more journalistic style), though it contained articles by eminent historians such as

Raoul Van Caenegem Raoul Charles, Baron Van Caenegem (14 July 1927 – 15 June 2018), was a Belgian historian and noted expert in the field of European legal history. Biography Raoul Van Caenegem was born in Ghent on 14 July 1927. He became a professor at the Univer ...

, F. W. N. Hugenholtz, and Arie van Deursen. The publisher was Fibula-Van Dishoeck. At first the magazine appeared eleven times per year, with many issues devoted to specific themes. It focused on

Belgian history The history of Belgium extends before the founding of the modern state of that name in 1830, and is intertwined with those of its neighbors: the Netherlands, Germany, France and Luxembourg. For most of its history, what is now Belgium was either ...

as well, and throughout the twentieth century always had Belgian members on the

editorial board The editorial board is a group of experts, usually at a publication, who dictate the tone and direction the publication's editorial policy will take. Mass media At a newspaper, the editorial board usually consists of the editorial page editor, a ...

. The magazine appears eight times per year. In 2005 ''Geschiedenis Magazine'' reported a circulation of 8000 copies (then nine times a year), and its office is in Amsterdam.

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