Contents: 1. Introduction - Constructing the Nation Through History/ 2. National History Before the Nation State - from the High Middle Ages to the Enlightenment/ 3. The Invention of European National Traditions During the First Half of the Nineteenth Century/ 4. Scientificity and Historiographical Nationalism, 1850-1914/ 5. National Histories in and between the World War/ 6. National Histories from post-Second World War to post-Cold War/ 7. Conclusion - What Balance Sheet and What Future for National Histories?