By the 17th century, there was already a tradition and awareness of Europe: a reality stronger than that of a region bounded by sea, mountains, grassy plains, steppes, or deserts where Europe clearly ended and Asia began.
Otto von Bismarck would later perceive "that geographical expression" as having little bearing on national interests. Prior to the French Revolution and the rise of nationalism as a dividing ideology, Europe displayed a greater degree of cohesiveness than would have been apparent from the mosaic of its political surface over the two centuries preceding those events.
Diplomatic, judicial, and religious concerns arose in recognition of the distinct interests that Bismarck would label as "real," involving states in cooperative action and fostering the idea of a single Europe.
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