One interesting idea from Renan is that forgetting is also important. According to Renan, “Forgetting, I would even say historical error, is an essential factor in the creation of a nation and it is for this reason that the progress of historical studies often poses a threat to nationality....
Hannibal was one of the greatest generals of the ancient world. Broad A kind of floodlight. General (Christianity) The head of certain religious orders, especially Dominicans or Jesuits. Broad A playing card. General (nautical) A commander of naval forces; an admiral. Broad (dated) A prostitu...
But it would be the whirlwind catalyst of the French Revolution which would finally bring this newly developing sense of “nationhood” and “nationality” into clear and sharply defined focus. It was the French Revolution which demonstrated that this belonged to the people as a whole, and not ...