Medieval Europeans Studies in Ethnic Identity and National Perspecti
A team of leading scholars in the fields of Medieval Literature and History examine the origins of European ethnic groups which subsequently developed into the nations of Europe. The contributors look at evidence for the existence of an ethnic consciousne
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Also by Alfred P. Smyth KING ALFRED THE GREAT SCANDINAVIAN KINGS IN THE BRITISH ISLES WARLORDS AND HOLY MEN: Scotland AD 80-1000
Medieval Europeans Studies in Ethnic Identity and National Perspectives in Medieval Europe Edited by
Alfred P. Smyth Warden ofSt George's House Windsor Castle
First published in Great Britain 1998 by
MACMILLAN PRESS LTD
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG2l 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-1-349-26612-8 ISBN 978-1-349-26610-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-26610-4 First published in the United States of America 1998 by
ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, INC.,
Scholarly and Reference Division, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Medieval Europeans : studies in ethnic identity and national perspectives in Medieval Europe I edited by Alfred P. Smyth. p. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. I. Ethnicity-Europe-History. 2. Nationalism-Europe-History. 3. Europe-History-476-1492. I. Smyth, Alfred P. GN575.M43 1998 97-38829 305.8'0094-dc21 CIP
Selection, editorial matter and Chapter 2 @Alfred P. Smyth 1998 Chapters I and 3-12 @ Macmillan Press Ltd 1998 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1998 978-0-333-67219-8 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WIP 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. 10 9 07 06
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No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were.
John Donne, Meditations
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List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements
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Notes on the Contributors
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1 Law and Ethnic Identity in the Western Kingdoms in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries Roger Collins 2 The Emergence of English Identity, 700-1000 Alfred P. Smyth
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3 The Making of England and Germany, 850-1050: Points of Comparison and Difference Timothy Reuter
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National Identity in Medieval Wales Michael Richter
5 John of Fordun and the Independent Identity of the Scots Bruce Webster 6 Higden's Britain Peter Brown 7
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