Discuss specific ways in which European spaces and European identities were constructed in the pre-modern period.

prompt:
Throughout this course, you have explored the physical and non-physical boundaries of pre-modern Europe. Discuss specific ways in which European spaces and European identities were constructed in the pre-modern period. In a time before nations, what constituted the boundaries of a state? What kinds of identities did people possess? What were the limits of different social groups and structures? Use specific examples from readings, lectures, and films.

This must be a full essay with an introduction, main body, and conclusion.

Lectures:
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Reading:
https://archive.org/details/interestingnarra00equi/page/6/mode/2up
https://apeiron.iulm.it/retrieve/handle/10808/4129/46589/Machiavelli%2C%20The%20Prince.pdf
http://courses.washington.edu/hsteu401/Strozzi%20letters.pdf
http://archive.org/stream/sourcebookformed00thatuoft#page/592/mode/2up
https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.proxy.library.georgetown.edu/lib/georgetown/reader.action?docID=2004655&query=

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