Inventing the Pasts in North Central Europe (Paperback)

Paperback. This volume relates to a comparative research of historical developments and structures in North Central Europe, which is directed to the exploration of an early medieval design of this historical region beyond the Roman Empire's culture frontier. One point of the editorial concern thus was building bridges to overcome long existing dividing lines built up by divergent perspectives of previous scientific traditions. In addition, the recent come back of national histories and historiographies call for a scrutiny on the suitability of postulated ethnicities for the postsocialist nation building process. As a result, the collected papers - presented partly in English, partly in German - have a critical look into various influences, responsible for the realization of images of the past as of scientific strategies. Proceedings of an international conference held in Nov. 2000 at the Geisteswissenschaftlichen Zentrum Geschichte und Kultur Osmitteleuropas (GWZO) in Leipzig. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…