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Reinventing the Baltic Sea Region: From the Hansa to the Eu-Strategy of 2009
Reinventing the Baltic Sea Region: From the Hansa to the Eu-Strategy of 2009

Author(s): Michael North
Subject(s): History
Published by: Asociatia Romana pentru Studii Baltice si Nordice
Keywords: Baltic Sea Region; Hansa; Adam of Bremen; EU-Strategy; spatial turn; dominium maris Baltici; model region

Summary/Abstract: The political changes of 1989 stimulated a new perception and perspective of the Baltic Sea Region. And this gained momentum with the Eastern Enlargement of the EU. The new situation encouraged research as well. In this context the “Baltic Sea” is not an unchangeable physical setting, but also a construction of different actors or protagonists. People and powers continuously reinvent the Baltic Sea Region. That is why; the following paper focuses on the different notions of the Baltic Sea Region from the Middle Ages up to now and also examines the recent EU-Strategy of this region.

  • Issue Year: 4/2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 5-17
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English