Les ‘cantons rédimés’. Origines d’une expression controversée. La ‘désannexion’ d’Eupen et de Malmedy à travers le prisme de la presse belge, 1914-1920

Beck, Philippe
(2021) La Belgique et les traités de paix, de Versailles à Sèvres (1919-1920) — ISBN: [978-2-8031-0803-9], p. 177-197, published

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(en) "What's in a name?" This is how Juliet addresses Romeo in Shakespeare's famous drama. Without making a declaration of love to the region of Eupen, Malmedy, Sankt Vith and Kelmis, it has to be pointed out that there have been many names for the historical entity known as the 'Eastern Cantons' since they became part of Belgium in 1920. Some of them have been the subject of long-running controversies, and even the name 'Ostbelgien' (literally: 'East Belgium'), popularised since the end of 2016 for marketing purposes, has not been exempt from controversy. In French, the name 'Cantons de l'Est', created at the end of the Second World War, continues to be used as an equivalent. But the name 'Cantons rédimés', which appeared in the aftermath of the First World War, has not completely disappeared in 2020, although few users know its meaning or origin.
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Beck, P. (2021). Les ‘cantons rédimés’. Origines d’une expression controversée. La ‘désannexion’ d’Eupen et de Malmedy à travers le prisme de la presse belge, 1914-1920. In Michel Demoulin & Catherine Lanneau (dir.) (ed.), La Belgique et les traités de paix, de Versailles à Sèvres (1919-1920) (Actes de colloque, Bruxelles, 09-11 mai 2019, p. p. 177-197). Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettre et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/224330