Essays and Research Papers on European History

This 11 page paper looks at the way in which Christianity was established in Britain. Firstly through the Romans, and then by Pope Gregory, Saint Augustine, and Constantine. The isolation of the Celtic church and the success of the Synod of Whitby are also considered. The bibliography cites 13 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar, the impressive leadership strategies of Admiral Horatio Nelson, and its legacy. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

An 8 page discussion of the Crusades. Details exactly what the Crusades were and identifies their goal as gaining control of the Holy Land for Christians. Concludes that, while the Crusades were unsuccessful in accomplishing this goal, they had tremendous economic impacts upon Western civilization. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 4 page paper looks at the way in which children's relationship varied dependant on class and economic conditions with their parents in nineteen century Britain and the way in which the quality of the relationships were limited. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

A 3 page discussion of the ideologies of Fascism and the Nazi Party. Discusses the role of Hitler and Mussolini in bringing these ideologies to fruition and in unleashing phenomenal horrors on the world. Suggests desperation and the hypnotic effect of the men themselves as the reasons that the people followed these men. Suggests ...

A 7 page research paper that discusses the oral traditions associated with the performance of epic poetry, such as the Song of Roland, during the Middle Ages. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

The Elizabethan era helped to spawn the creative endeavors of the poet, Edmund Spenser and is spoken of in the sonnet, The Sovereign Beauty. This 6 page paper asserts that The Sovereign Beauty is a testament to the glory and 'virtue' of a nation as well as its Queen and is solidly set in the time from which ...

A 3 page summation and analysis of Lucie Aubrac first-person account of her role in fighting the Nazi occupation of France as a member of the French Resistance. No additional sources cited.

A 12 page paper. Born of Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII, Elizabeth's childhood was not what one would anticipate for a future Queen of England. This paper provides a biographical sketch of this great queen beginning with her birth in 1533 and ending with her death in 1603. During most of her reign, Elizabeth ...

A 7 page research paper that describes, first of all, what the 'Silk Road' was—an ancient and medieval overland route that encompassed the 4,000-mile journey between Europe and China—but then goes on to discuss the impact of the road and the various explorers, whose journals provide information about the culture and civilizations along these historic ...

A 5 page paper discussing factional reactions to the Spanish Civil War. Of course we know now that any revolution for democracy is born of an intense and pervasive desire for it. In the time of the Spanish Civil War, the bloody struggle was that of ideologies pitted against one another. Internalizations of that ideology were ...

This 6 page paper focuses on Erich Von Falkenhayn's attrition strategy used during two campaigns. The Gorlice-Tarnow and Verdun battles are compared and contrasted. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 5 page discussion of the role of the 1955 Warsaw Pact in Russia's past and present imperialistic tendencies. Cautions that while the Warsaw Pact was dissolved with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russian imperialism continues to present many concerns to world order. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This five-page-paper presents a critical analysis and review of Alvin Toffler's book, "Third Wave." Bibliography lists one source.

11 pages in length. As a collective people, early Russians experienced great cultural, social and political hardship, having long been under Mongol oppression. Interestingly, however, this period of complete domination did not serve as a lesson for when they were to ultimately emerge from such persecution; rather, Russia continued forth by perpetuating the totalitarian ...

A 5 page paper which examines the causes of World War II. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 7 page report discusses capitalist democracy and the fact that it is more often seen by the so-called “mainstream” as the framework through which a market economy is able to flourish while the rights and privileges associated with individual liberties are encouraged and supported. The ideas and ideals of capitalist democracy are also established within the cultural framework through ...

A 6 page outline on the societal changes which occurred during the Twentieth Century. Discusses some of the major events such as World War I, World War II, and the Cold War. Coordinates the technological evolution experienced in this century with the societal changes which have occurred and outlines the impacts of advanced ...

A 4 page research paper that examines how the reparations clause from the Treaty of Versailles facilitated the rise of Hitler. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 4 page paper looks at the history of man during the Neolithic Age. Many scholars have presented the idea that the megaliths were built as a result of the transition to farming from a hunter gather society, making it possible for these megaliths to be built. This paper argues that it may not have ...

A 5 page paper. With this book, Wunderli has given the non-historian reader a glimpse and an understanding of life in 15th and 16th century Germany. The author recounts the story of Hans Behem, a peasant shepherd who claimed to have seen a vision of the Holy Mother Mary and then preached passionate sermons ...

A 5 page research paper that looks to William Bolitho's 1926 text on Mussolini for an explanation of how Fascism took over Italy, and then to a summation of Italian progress under Mussolini's rule. No additional sources cited.

This 6 page report discusses how Adolf Hitler’s anti-Semitism grew in the two decades preceding World War II and how he used it to inspire the German people. By 1921, Hitler was speaking to groups that numbered in the thousands. By the time he published “Mein Kampf” (1924) membership in the Nazi party had grown to the tens of thousands. ...

A 7 page interpretive essay that strives to answer the question of how one would survive, both physically and emotionally, the atrocities of Auschwitz. Included is a discussion of accounts and emotions presented in Eyewitness Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chamber, a book written by Auschwitz survivor Filip Muller. Bibliography lists 1 ...

A 9 page paper discussing the explorer and privateer's ability to look at things from perspectives that others had not yet seen. The business buzzword of the 1990s and into the new century has been that of innovation, but Sir Francis gives us insight into the usefulness of innovation during the late 16th century. Preceding the pirates, ...