The Myth of Nations: The Medieval Origins of Europe

by Patrick J. Geary

Book Overview

Modern-day Europeans by the millions proudly trace back their national identities to the Celts, Franks, Gauls, Goths, Huns, or Serbs--or some combination of the various peoples who inhabited, traversed, or pillaged their continent more than a thousand years ago. According to Patrick Geary, this is historical nonsense. The idea that national character is fixed for all time in a simpler, distant past is groundless, he argues in this unflinching reconsideration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691114811
• ISBN13: 9780691114811
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.6" x 9.4"