For more than five hundred years the cardinal problem in de… - Norman Davies

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For more than five hundred years the cardinal problem in defining Europe has centred on the inclusion or exclusion of Russia.

Norman Davies

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Ivor Norman Richard Davies CMG FBA FRHistS (born 8 June 1939) is a British and Polish historian, known for his publications on the history of Europe, Poland and the United Kingdom. He has a special interest in Central and Eastern Europe and is UNESCO Professor at the Jagiellonian University, professor emeritus at University College London, a visiting professor at the Collège d'Europe, and an honorary fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford.

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