Table of Contents

1: Basics
2: Greeks and Romans
3: The Universal Community of Christendom
4: Pre-industrial Europe
5: Conclusion
References

About the Author

Andreas Osiander studied international relations, history, and economics at Tübingen University, at the Institut d´Etudes Politiques de Paris ("Sciences Po") and at Oxford University, where he obtained his doctorate in 1992. Having held teaching and research posts at Oxford University, the Humboldt University, Berlin, and the University of Tilburg, he is currently lecturer in international relations at Leipzig University.