This collection brings together scholars from a wide range of disciplines to offer perspectives on national identity formation in various European contexts between 1600 and 1815. Contributors challenge the dichotomy between modernists and traditionalists in nationalism studies through an emphasis on continuity rather than ruptures in the shaping of European nations in the period, while also offering an overview of current debates in the field and case studies on a number of topics, including literature, historiography, and cartography.

Contributions by: Gregory Carleton, Lieke Deinsen, Cesc Esteve, Azar Gat, Andrew Hadfield, David Bell, Jane Judge, Laszlo Maracz, Alan Moss, Yolanda Rodriguez Perez, Gijs Rommelse, Bart Verheijen, Michael Wintle