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The uses of the middle ages in modern European states History, nationhood and the search for origins

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.

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  • "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. This is the first collection of its kind, with a broad European coverage and very international team of authors. It shows how modern states and societies have used the history of the Middle Ages to legitimize themselves, and draws on some of the most famous and fascinating medieval themes, from Icelandic sagas, through Switzerland's William Tell and the Czech Hussites, to the Serbian battle of Kosovo. The volume investigates especially the ways in which new and smaller states have invented or reinvented themselves on an imagined medieval base and how rival traditions have interacted with each other. It also shows the often uneasy relation between professional history and popular understandings of history, and some of the highly politicized uses to which the work of historians has been put in many different countries."
  • "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."@en
  • "This is the first collection of its kind, with a broad European coverage and very international team of authors. It shows how modern states and societies have used the history of the Middle Ages to legitimize themselves, and draws on some of the most famous and fascinating medieval themes, from Icelandic sagas, through Switzerland's William Tell and the Czech Hussites, to the Serbian battle of Kosovo. The volume investigates especially the ways in which new and smaller states have invented or reinvented themselves on an imagined medieval base and how rival traditions have interacted with each other. It also shows the often uneasy relation between professional history and popular understandings of history, and some of the highly politicized uses to which the work of historians has been put in many different countries."@en

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  • "Electronic resource"@en
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Aufsatzsammlung"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Elektronisches Buch"

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  • "The uses of the middle ages in modern European states History, nationhood and the search for origins"@en
  • "The uses of the middle ages in modern european states : history, nationhood and the search for origins"
  • "The Uses of the Middle Ages in modern European states : history, nationhood and the search for origins"
  • "The Uses of the Middle Ages in Modern European States"@en
  • "The uses of the Middle Ages in modern European states history, nationhood and the search for origins"
  • "The uses of the Middle Ages in modern European states history, nationhood and the search for origins"@en
  • "The uses of the middle ages in modern European states history, nationhood and the search for origins"
  • "The uses of the middle ages in modern European states : History, nationhood and the search for origins"
  • "The uses of the Middle Ages in modern European states : history, nationhood and the search for origins"@en
  • "The uses of the Middle Ages in modern European states : history, nationhood and the search for origins"

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