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'''East-Central Europe''' (or ''Middle Europe'', ''Median Europe'', fr. ''Europe médiane'') – a term defining the countries located between [[German language|German]]-speaking countries and [[Russia]]<ref>Palmer, Alan (1970)The Lands between: A History of East-Central Europe Since the Congress of Vienna, New York: Macmillan</ref><ref>J. Kłoczowski (ed.), Central Europe Between East and West, Lublin 2005, ISBN 83-85854-86-X</ref>. Those lands are situated “between two”: ''between two worlds, between two stages, between two futures''<ref>François Jarraud [http://www.clionautes.org/spip.php?article114]</ref>. Median Europe is opposed to the [[Western Europe|Western]] and [[Eastern Europe]], is one of the “Three Europes”<ref>F. Braudel, Preface to Szucs J., Les trois Europes, Paris 1990</ref>.
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'''East-Central Europe''' (or ''Middle Europe'', ''Median Europe'', fr. ''Europe médiane'') – a term defining the countries located between German-speaking countries and Russia<ref>Palmer, Alan (1970)The Lands between: A History of East-Central Europe Since the Congress of Vienna, New York: Macmillan</ref><ref>J. Kłoczowski (ed.), Central Europe Between East and West, Lublin 2005, ISBN 83-85854-86-X</ref>. Those lands are situated “between two”: ''between two worlds, between two stages, between two futures''<ref>François Jarraud [http://www.clionautes.org/spip.php?article114]</ref>. Median Europe is opposed to the Western and Eastern Europe, is one of the “Three Europes”<ref>F. Braudel, Preface to Szucs J., Les trois Europes, Paris 1990</ref>.
  
Differing from ideas of [[Eastern Europe]] and [[Central Europe]], the concept is based on different criteria of distinction and has different geographical spread.<ref>I. Loucas, The New Geopolitics of Europe & The Black Sea Region, Naval Academy, UK National Defence Minister’s Staff, p. 8 [http://www.defac.ac.uk/colleges/csrc/document-listings/special/Special/S43/S43.Pt2]</ref>. In addition, countries of [[Central Europe]] and of [[Eastern Europe]] belong to two different [[Civilisation#Subsequent_Developments_of_Civilizations|cultural circles]]<ref>Huntington, Samuel P., The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, New York, Simon & Schuster, 1996 ISBN 0-684-84441-9</ref><ref>Milan Kundera, The tragedy of Central Europe, New York Review of Books, 26 April 1984, pp.33-8</ref>.
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Differing from ideas of Eastern Europe and Central Europe, the concept is based on different criteria of distinction and has different geographical spread.<ref>I. Loucas, The New Geopolitics of Europe & The Black Sea Region, Naval Academy, UK National Defence Minister’s Staff, p. 8 [http://www.defac.ac.uk/colleges/csrc/document-listings/special/Special/S43/S43.Pt2]</ref>. In addition, countries of Central Europe and of Eastern Europe belong to two different cultural circles<ref>Huntington, Samuel P., The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, New York, Simon & Schuster, 1996 ISBN 0-684-84441-9</ref><ref>Milan Kundera, The tragedy of Central Europe, New York Review of Books, 26 April 1984, pp.33-8</ref>.
  
 
==Definitions==
 
==Definitions==

Revision as of 22:30, 2 June 2008

East-Central Europe (or Middle Europe, Median Europe, fr. Europe médiane) – a term defining the countries located between German-speaking countries and Russia[1][2]. Those lands are situated “between two”: between two worlds, between two stages, between two futures[3]. Median Europe is opposed to the Western and Eastern Europe, is one of the “Three Europes”[4].

Differing from ideas of Eastern Europe and Central Europe, the concept is based on different criteria of distinction and has different geographical spread.[5]. In addition, countries of Central Europe and of Eastern Europe belong to two different cultural circles[6][7].

Definitions

Paul Robert Magocsi

East Central Europe according to Paul Robert Magocsi

Paul Robert Magocsi described this region in this work Historical Atlas of East Central Europe. He distinguished 3 main zones:

Oscar Halecki

Oscar Halecki, who distinguished four regions in Europe (Western, West Central, East Central and Eastern Europe) defined East-Central Europe as a region from Finland to Greece[8], the eastern part of Central Europe, between Sweden, Germany, and Italy, on the one hand, and Turkey and Russia on the other[9]. According to Halecki, in the course of European history, a great variety of peoples in this region created their own independent states, sometimes quite large and powerful; in connection with Western Europe they developed their individual national cultures and contributed to the general progress of European civilization[10].

References

  1. Palmer, Alan (1970)The Lands between: A History of East-Central Europe Since the Congress of Vienna, New York: Macmillan
  2. J. Kłoczowski (ed.), Central Europe Between East and West, Lublin 2005, ISBN 83-85854-86-X
  3. François Jarraud [1]
  4. F. Braudel, Preface to Szucs J., Les trois Europes, Paris 1990
  5. I. Loucas, The New Geopolitics of Europe & The Black Sea Region, Naval Academy, UK National Defence Minister’s Staff, p. 8 [2]
  6. Huntington, Samuel P., The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, New York, Simon & Schuster, 1996 ISBN 0-684-84441-9
  7. Milan Kundera, The tragedy of Central Europe, New York Review of Books, 26 April 1984, pp.33-8
  8. O. Halecki, The limits and divisions on European history, Sheed&Ward, New York 1950, p. 120
  9. O. Halecki, Borderlands of Western Civilization: A History of East Central Europe, Fordham University (1952, 1980) (online)
  10. O. Halecki, Borderlands of Western Civilization: A History of East Central Europe, Fordham University (1952, 1980) (online)