Author: R. Evans
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230283101
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
An assessment of the role of the Middle Ages in national historiography and in modern conceptions of national identity, looking at relatively young nations, and regions which claim national traditions but were slow to achieve, or regain, separate statehood. Examples range from Ireland and Iceland through Austria and Italy to Finland and Greece.