The Boundaries of Europe :  From the Fall of the Ancient World to the Age of Decolonisation / 
Pietro Rossi. 
 - Berlin ;  Boston :   De Gruyter Akademie Forschung,   [2015]  ©2015 
 - 1 online resource (266 p.) 
 - Discourses on Intellectual Europe ;  1 .
<br/><br/> Frontmatter --   Foreword by Series Editor Günter Stock --   Contents --   Premessa /   Foreword /   Il Mediterraneo da "mare nostrum" a frontiera tra civiltà /   The Mediterranean from "Mare Nostrum" to Frontier between Civilisations /   L'Europa e l'Islam: incontri e scontri /   Europe and Islam: Encounters and Confrontations /   The Conquest of the North /   Die Ausdehnung nach Osten /   Europa und das Osmanische Reich /   Europe and the Ottoman Empire /   La Russia tra Europa e Asia /   Russia between Europe and Asia /   Europe and the Atlantic /   L'Europeizzazione del mondo e il suo declino /   The Europeanisation of the World: Its Rise and Decline /   The Authors  Rossi, Pietro --   Rossi, Pietro --   Marcone, Arnaldo --   Marcone, Arnaldo --   Cardini, Franco --   Cardini, Franco --   Stråth, Bo --   Hildermeier, Manfred --   Koller, Markus --   Koller, Markus --   Masoero, Alberto --   Masoero, Alberto --   Elliott, John H. --   Salvadori, Massimo L. --   Salvadori, Massimo L. --  
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<br/><br/> Europe's boundaries have mainly been shaped by cultural, religious, and political conceptions rather than by geography. This volume of bilingual essays from renowned European scholars outlines the transformation of Europe's boundaries from the fall of the ancient world to the age of decolonization, or the end of the explicit endeavor to "Europeanize" the world. From the decline of the Roman Empire to the polycentrism of today's world, the essays span such aspects as the confrontation of Christian Europe with Islam and the changing role of the Mediterranean from "mare nostrum" to a frontier between nations. Scandinavia, eastern Europe and the Atlantic are also analyzed as boundaries in the context of exploration, migratory movements, cultural exchanges, and war. The Boundaries of Europe, edited by Pietro Rossi, is the first installment in the ALLEA book series Discourses on Intellectual Europe, which seeks to explore the question of an intrinsic or quintessential European identity in light of the rising skepticism towards Europe as an integrated cultural and intellectual region. 
<br/><br/><br/>Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 
<br/><br/><br/>This eBook is made available Open Access:  
<br/><br/><br/>In English. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783110420722 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1515/9783110420722  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Geopolitics--History.--Europe<br/>Territory, National--Europe.<br/>Europäische Integration.<br/>Grenzpolitik.<br/>Transnationalisierung.<br/>Geopolitik<br/>Grenze<br/>Zivilisation<br/>LITERARY CRITICISM / European / General.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>940