From medieval multinational Empire to early modern nation states (Holy Roman Empire and Central Europe during the 14th-16th centuries)

• Authors: Petr Vorel

Title variants

CS

Od středověké mnohonárodnostní říše k raně novověkým národním státům (Svatá říše římská a střední Evropa ve 14.-16. století)

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The emergence of nation states in Europe is associated in contemporary historiography with the French Revolution and the development of national movements in the 19th century. The author draws attention to an earlier phase of the formation of nation states, which was related to the power-political crisis of the Holy Roman Empire in the second half of the 15th century. The medieval Empire crossed the boundaries of three major language groups that were mutually unintelligible (Germanic, Romance and Slavic languages). At the time of the creation of the Estates’ monarchies at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries, the question of linguistic identity became an important state-forming element.

Keywords

EN

Middle Ages; Holy Roman Empire; early modern era; nation state; Central Europe; Roman-German Empire; national languages

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Český časopis historický (The Czech Historical Review)
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 121
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 365-388
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Petr Vorel

• Historický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i., Prosecká 809/76, 190 00 Praha 9, Czech Republic