Historiography and Identity V

The Emergence of New Peoples and Polities in Europe, 1000-1300

Edited by Walter Pohl Edited by Francesco Borri Edited by Veronika Wieser

Book cover: Historiography and Identity V

Extent: 515 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Medieval Studies, Religious Studies

Series: Cultural Encounters in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages

Series volume number: 31

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(May 2023)

ISBN: 9782503588490

Price: $157.00

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Provides an overview of several fundamental texts in which identities in the new Christian kingdoms were negotiated, and examines from a comparative perspective the many different strategies of identification they employed, from the Shetlands to the Kievan Rus’.


In many countries in Northern and Eastern Europe, the period after 1000 saw the emergence of new Christian kingdoms. This process was soon reflected in works of historiography that traced the foundation and development of the new polities. Many of these texts had a lasting impact on the formation of political, ethnic, and religious identities of these states and peoples. This volume deals with some of these earliest histories narrating the past of the new polities that had emerged after 1000 in Northern, East Central, and Eastern Europe, as well as in the Adriatic regions. They have often been understood as ‘national histories’, but a closer look brings out the differences in their aims and construction. One question addressed here is to what extent these historians built on models of identification developed in earlier historiography. The volume provides an overview of several fundamental texts in which identities in the new Christian kingdoms were negotiated, and of recent research on these texts.

  • Edited by Walter Pohl
  • Edited by Francesco Borri
  • Edited by Veronika Wieser