The Roots of Nationalism - National Identity Formation in Early Modern Europe, 1600-1815

This collection brings together scholars from a wide range of disciplines to offer perspectives on national identity formation in various European contexts between 1600 and 1815. Contributors challenge the dichotomy between modernists and traditionalists in nationalism studies through an emphasis on continuity rather than ruptures in the shaping of European nations in the period, while also offering an overview of current debates in the field and case studies on a number of topics, including literature, historiography, and cartography.

List of contents

Introduction, PART ONE: THE MODERNIST PARADIGM CONTESTED, PART TWO: THE GENEALOGY OF NATIONAL IDENTITY, PART THREE: NEGATIVE MIRROR IMAGING, PART FOUR: MAPS, LANGUAGE AND CANONISATION, PART FIVE: NATION IN THE AGE OF REVOLUTION, LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS, INDEX

About the author

Lotte Jensen is Professor of Dutch Cultural and Literary History at Radboud University, Nijmegen and Principal Investigator of the NWO-funded Vici project Dealing with Disasters. The Shaping of Local and National Identities in the Netherlands (1421-1890), which investigates the impact of natural disasters on Dutch local and national identities from a cultural-historical perspective. She has published books on Napoleon's legacy in the Netherlands, Dutch literary history and the emergence of Dutch identity. Her most recent book is a cultural history of Dutch floods: Wij en het water. Een Nederlandse geschiedenis (De Bezige Bij 2022).

Product details

• Assisted by: Jensen Lotte (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.12.2025
• EAN: 9781041189046
• ISBN: 978-1-041-18904-6
• No. of pages: 342
• Series: Heritage and Memory Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History and Archaeology, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards