The boundaries of Europe : from the fall of the ancient world to the age of decolonisation / edited by Pietro Rossi

Includes 9 essays, of which 2 are in English as well as 2 in German and 5 in Italian, each of which is followed by an English translation

Includes bibliographical references

Premessa (Foreword) / Pietro Rossi -- Il Mediterraneo da "mare nostrum" a frontiera tra civiltà (The Mediterranean from "mare nostrum" to frontier between civilisations) / Arnaldo Marcone -- L'Europa e l'Islam : incontri e scontri (Europe and Islam : encounters and confrontations) / Franco Cardini -- The conquest of the North / Bo Stråth -- Die Ausdehnung nach Osten (The expansion towards the East) / Manfred Hildermeier -- Europa und das osmanische Reich (Europe and the Ottoman Empire) / Markus Koller -- La russia tra europa e asia (Russia between Europe and Asia) / Alberto Masoero -- Europe and the Atlantic / John H. Elliott -- L'europeizzazione del mondo e il suo declino (The Europeanisation of the world : its rise and decline) / Massimo L. Salvadori

"Europe's boundaries have mainly been shaped by cultural, religious, and political conceptions rather than by geography. In this context, this volume outlines the transformation of Europe's boundaries from the fall of the ancient world to the age of decolonization and explores, among other aspects, the confrontation of Christian Europe with Islam and the changing role of the Mediterranean from 'mare nostrum' to a frontier between nations"-- Provided by publisher

Text in English and Italian