Medieval Europeans : studies in ethnic identity and national perspectives in Medieval Europe / edited by Alfred P. Smyth.

Other author Smyth, Alfred P.
Format Book
Publication InfoHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan Press ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.
Descriptionxxi, 284 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
Ethnicity--Europe. --History.
Nationalism--Europe. --History.
Europe--History. --476-1492.

Contents Law and ethnic identity in the Western Kingdoms in the fifth and sixth centuries / Roger Collins -- The emergence of English identity, 700-1000 / Alfred P. Smyth -- The making of England and Germany, 850-1050: points of comparison and difference / Timothy Reuter -- National identity in medieval Wales / Michael Richter -- John of Fordun and the independent identity of the Scots / Bruce Webster -- Higden's Britain / Peter Brown -- 'National' requisitioning for 'public' use of 'private' castles in pre-nation state France / Charles Coulson -- The Trojan origins of the French: the commencement of a myth's demise, 1450-1520 / Elizabeth A. R. Brown -- The invention of Rus(sia)(s): some remarks on medieval and modern perceptions of continuity and discontinuity / Simon Franklin -- Civic pride versus feelings for Italy in the age of Dante / Teresa Hankey -- The notion of'Lombard' and 'Lombardy' in the Middle Ages / Diego Zancani -- European nationality, race and commonwealth in the writings of Sir Francis Palgrave, 1788-1861 / Roger Smith.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 254-276) and index.
LCCN 97038829
ISBN0333672194 (Macmillan Press)
ISBN0312213018 (St. Martin's Press : cloth)