Where is Greece? Wolfgang Lazius (1514-1565) and the making of a country. Ghent University
Where is Greece? The answer might seem obvious to u stoday. But on 15th-century maps, for instance, Greece is not even designated as a self standing region, let alone a territoru. This points at a good deal of confusion about what Greece actually was before it emerged as a nation state in the 19th century. Was it a country in the acient past? An artistic symbol? The territory of a people? Was it inside or outside Europe, familiar or alien? ...