PART I The Nation: A Medieval Heritage I Prelude to Nationhood, Basic Concepts, The Germanic Invasions, Towards a Synthesis, The Carolingian Empire 2 Domains of Statehood and Nationhood Introduction, Britannia, Gallia, Germania, ltalia, Hispania, Provisional Conclusions, PART II The Development of Nationalism: Structural Factors 3 Capitalism and Nationalism 4 State and Nationalism 5 Class, Civil Society and Nationalism 6 Church, Civil Religion and Nationalism, PART III The Development of Nationalism: Ideological Factors 7 Political and Cultural Nationalism, Introduction: Some Terminological Problems, The Origins of the Idea of National Character in Montesquieu and Hume, Rosseau and Political Nationalism, Herder and Cultural Nationalism, Hegel on the Volksgeist, Romanticism and Nationalism, PART IV The Development of Nationalism: Historical Processes, 8 The Force of Historical Events: The French Revolution and its Aftermaths, 9 Nationalist Paths to Modernity, PART V Theoretical Recapitulation