Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword by Series Editor Günter Stock v
3. Contents vii
4. Premessa 1
5. Foreword 14
6. Il Mediterraneo da “mare nostrum” a frontiera tra civiltà 27
7. The Mediterranean from “Mare Nostrum” to Frontier between Civilisations 42
8. L’Europa e l’Islam: incontri e scontri 57
9. Europe and Islam: Encounters and Confrontations 76
10. The Conquest of the North 95
11. Die Ausdehnung nach Osten 111
12. Europa und das Osmanische Reich 139
13. Europe and the Ottoman Empire 157
14. La Russia tra Europa e Asia 175
15. Russia between Europe and Asia 192
16. Europe and the Atlantic 209
17. L’Europeizzazione del mondo e il suo declino 223
18. The Europeanisation of the World: Its Rise and Decline 241
19. The Authors 257