It consists of two provinces with largely separate historical identities.

Yet today, he said, "they claim the drawings as a 'national historical identity.' "

The question of St Edith's historical identity is fraught with difficulties.

"I have a lot of ideas that are relevant to Dia's historical identity," he said.

"We are all created by history, and sometimes the historical identity of your culture has nothing to do with who you really are," she said.

Middle Francia had no historical or ethnic identity to bind its varied peoples.

Shoup feared the conflict had endangered the nation's historical identity.

What is at stake is no less than America's historical identity.

Today, Excelsior works hard to maintain its historical identity while renewing various elements of the downtown area.

Enlarged Europe has now touched the boundaries of its cultural and historical identity.