Essays and Research Papers on European History

5 pages in length. The appeal of Fascism in 1930s Germany can be primarily attributed to the appearance of much needed national support in the overwhelming presence of authoritarian principles. In 1939, the world collided with itself for the second time; in a show of sheer force, every major power on the planet ...

This 9 page paper discusses the significance of the plague in ushering in new social and economic changes in Europe. Examples and given from numerous experts in the field and quoted. Counter-argument offered and plausible counter. bibliography lists 8 sources.

A twelve page paper which looks at the different views of Utopia which were proposed by various thinkers of the French Enlightenment, including Rousseau, Voltaire and de Graffigny.

This 5 page paper looks at the Russian Revolution and the conditions preceding it that caused the people to embrace Marxism. Details about Marxism and the revolution itself are included. The paper takes an analytic look at the facts. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This is a 5 page paper discussing the nature of democracy and the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom is considered to be a constitutional monarchy but has based its government, especially the representative House of Commons, on the ideals of democracy. Robert Dahl outlined in his text “On Democracy” what he considers are elements essential in ...

A nine page paper which analyses three letters, two from Elizabeth Stuart and one from James I, which were written at the start of Frederick V's brief reign in Bohemia, and which relate to the original causes of the 30 Years War. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper looks at the political systems of France and Britain, voting habits and political parties. How each system contributes to the stability of the nations is discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page overview of the negotiations surrounding the 1919 Treaty of Versailles, that agreement between Germany and the allied countries who had participated in World War I. Notes that among the allies only the U.S., France, Italy, and England were active in dictating the terms of the Treaty. Even the role of ...

This 5 page paper considers the role and influence of the intervention forces and the peacekeeping forces in Bosnia along with the advantages and disadvantages of their actions. The bibliography cites 6 sources.

10 pages in length. One can be more than somewhat certain that as the world continues to spin and humanity continues to clash, there will always be global confrontation in one form or another. The Cold War represented such a time that many believed the end of the world had arrived; had it ...

This is a 6 page paper discussing Skocpol’s use of Mill’s methods of agreement and difference in her studies of social revolutions. In Theda Skocpol’s “States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia and China”, she uses John Stuart Mills’ methods of agreement and difference to appropriate logical causes of social revolutions in ...

A 5 page paper which provides general information and history of flour mills and also examines the process of making (milling) flour. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page research paper that examines Paris in the eighteenth century and London in the nineteenth. The writer argues that an examination of these two cities in these respective centuries shows that the situations in each case could not have existed elsewhere or else-when. In each case the contributions to Western civilization that ...

This 5 page paper discusses aspects of Spain during the 1500s. Spain's population was comprised of a much higher percentage of the peasantry, lower-classes, than was the rest of Europe but the population had strong values in terms of the aristocracy. Still, there were options for ambitious lower class members to change their social status. ...

A paper which considers the relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill, the Duchess of Marlborough, in particular the influence which Sarah exerted at the royal court and the reasons why their friendship deteriorated. Bibliography lists 5 sources

This 5 page paper examines the impact of the colonial rule and orientalism over the development of Middle Eastern politics particularly in terms of state formation, nationalism and economic development. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

This is a 6 page paper discussing the different regimes in Russia under Lenin and Stalin. The leadership styles of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin are considered to be somewhat different considering they both started out being part of the same Bolshevik party during the revolution in Russia in 1917. Lenin was established as the ...

This is a 5 page paper discussing the origins and cultural implications of the Cold War based mainly on the texts of Brower and Moss. The Cold War originated in the ashes of the Second World War when the countries devastated by war and those formerly occupied by German or Japanese forces were forming new ...

A 5 page discussion of the societal problems which spawned these two revolutions. This paper emphasizes that while the French Revolution was fought to end an absolute monarchy, the American Revolution was fought to preserve the independence to which American colonists had grown accustomed. Includes five pages of text and a one-page free ...

This paper examines the similarities and differences between the Ottoman, Persian and Mughal Empires. This paper furthermore compares them to contemporary European absolutist states of the 17th and 18th centuries. Bibliography lists 1 source.

5 pages in length. The extent to which Nazi Germany and Stalin's Russia shared much of the same Fascist ideology cannot be denied; that each totalitarian and self-proclaimed political messiah brought about overwhelming pain and suffering to his respective people speaks volumes regarding how the nature of Fascist rule was one imparted upon both the ...

12 pages in length. As a bold statement against the existing Ottoman Empire, an authority that had been in operation since the early sixteenth century, the First Balkan War was in response to the Young Turks having spread their fingers of control well beyond any reasonable extent. This particular monarchy, which held power ...

A paper which looks at the student resistance movement, the White Rose group, which was active in Nazi Germany during the Second World War. Bibliography lists 6 sources

This 5 page paper takes a look at Third Reich and German Democratic Republic ideas and practices and compares and contrasts the two regimes. Some carry overs are noted but differences are highlighted. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

6 pages in length. Dresden, Germany, has experienced more urbanization than many other global communities; that the city was forced to reconstruct itself not once but twice speaks to the overwhelming internal fortitude of its people. The extent to which Dresden lost a significant part of its inward presence, however, is directly associated ...