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To: Moonglow who wrote (4830)	4/20/1999 11:48:00 PM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

<<Besides that, we're all just peons anyway. Anybody here ever read a book called "The 14th Century...A Distant Mirror?" It showed so clearly how modern day nationalism began>> Havent read the book, but it sounds right up my alley. Im somewhat of a history freak of the Hundred Years War, which fits in exactly with that assessment. The modern day nation-state is an after effect of the struggle between France and England. The War accomplished little directly for the English, save to destroy their last hold on the Continent. The French however came away from the conflict with a steeled national awareness and a strong centralized Monarchy. Both England and France were the world's first true nation-states. Interesting stuff. :)