##The ambiguities of Europe as both cultural construction and reality can profitably be analysed from the perspective of changes in the ways in which its constituent nations are imagined. This paper explores how various modes of writing the history of Europe reflect a transition from conceptualising communities in terms of 'character' to imagining them in terms of 'identity'. Looking at Europe as a kind of imaginary rather than imagined community leads to a plea for a more relational view of 'Europe', and more systematic explorations of how Europe has been experienced and described by travellers and explorers from other parts of the world .##
Keywords: imagined communities, national identity, identity, European identity
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