Late medieval Germany: an under-Stated nation?

Scales, L.E.

Abstract

The following text is taken from the publisher's website. "Few would doubt the central importance of the nation in the making and unmaking of modern political communities. The long history of 'the nation' as a concept and as a name for various sorts of 'imagined community' likewise commands such acceptance. But when did the nation first become a fundamental political factor? This is a question which has been, and continues to be, far more sharply contested. A deep rift still separates 'modernist' perspectives, which view the political nation as a phenomenon limited to modern, industrialised societies, from the views of scholars concerned with the pre-industrial world who insist, often vehemently, that nations were central to pre-modern political life also. This book represents the first attempt to engage with these questions by drawing on the expertise of leading medieval, early modern and modern historians."

Citation

Scales, L. (2005). Late medieval Germany: an under-Stated nation?. In L. Scales, & O. Zimmer (Eds.), Power and the nation in European history (166-191). Cambridge University Press

• Publication Date: Jun 1, 2005
• Deposit Date: Mar 16, 2009
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 16, 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Pages: 166-191
• Book Title: Power and the nation in European history.
• Keywords: Politics, Nationhood, Identity, State.
• Publisher URL: http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/history/european-history-general-interest/power-and-nation-european-history?format=PB
• Additional Information: © Cambridge University Press 2005.