Medieval Europeans: Studies in Ethnic Identity and National Perspectives in Medieval Europe
In this book, a team of leading scholars examine the origins of European ethnic groups which subsequently developed into the nations of Europe. The contributors look at evidence for the existence of an ethnic consciousness among the dominant European groups; this later formed the basis of nation...
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In this book, a team of leading scholars examine the origins of European ethnic groups which subsequently developed into the nations of Europe. The contributors look at evidence for the existence of an ethnic consciousness among the dominant European groups; this later formed the basis of nation states. The reconstruction and invention of the past by medieval writers in search of ethnic origins for their own particular political or tribal groups is also studied from a literary and historical point of view.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780333984499 (0333984498)
Publish date: September 6th 2002
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Pages no: 306
Edition language: English
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