Modern Europe, in the study of the history of Europe, is a broad term referring to several concepts. These concepts differ according to the various definitions of the term "modern" in historical works.

Geographic extent

An additional controversy exists in regard to the definition of the term "Europe." The term can refer solely to Western Europe, or Central and Western Europe, both terms which themselves bear disputes, or to any one of various combinations of states and regions. Thus the geographic extent of Europe as used in the term is ambiguous. Historians, including the British Norman Davies, have attempted to present the importance of "peripheral" regions on equal status wit the rest of Europe.

See also

• Poland