Essays and Research Papers on European History

A paper which traces the development of Blackpool from prehistoric times to the present day, focusing on medieval, Roman and Victorian land use and architecture. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page discussion of how the Treaty of Versailles, enacted after World War 1 was, in actuality, an assurance of an outbreak of another world war. The author discusses the terms of the treaty and the fact that it was drafted by the victors not the losers. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 15 page paper provides an overview of the development of foreign trade and the European Union (EU). The initiation of the Euro, a single currency, has shifted perspectives in the financial markets and redefined trade elements through the distinct directives under the European Union. Though the participating countries have had to meet ...

A 6 page research paper that discusses the reasons behind the fall of Constantinople to the Turks in the fifteenth century. For roughly a thousand years, Constantinople stood as the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, and, at least in Eastern eyes, it was the "New Rome, the hallowed historical capital of Orthodox Christendom" ...

This 3 page paper is a brief overview of the leaders of the Soviet Union from Leonid Brezhnev through Mikhail Gorbachev. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses Trotsky's article "What is National Socialism?"; how his opinion differs from Karl Marx, and whether Emile Durkheim could explain some of the ritualistic elements more clearly than Trotsky. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page essay that discusses the atrocities committed in the Congo under the colonial rule of King Leopold of Belgium as reported in Adam Hochschild's King Leopold's Ghost (1998). No additional sources cited.

A 9 research paper that investigates this question. Numerous erotic frescoes, which have been buried under volcanic ash for the last 2000 years, have been unearthed by archeologists in ancient Roman city of Pompeii. Seven erotic frescoes, depicting a great deal of sexual activity involving numerous partners (which includes perhaps the only lesbian scene in ...

This 8 page paper argues that Richard III, Hitler and Mussolini were all desperately ill, but not delusional; they knew what they were doing and felt no remorse for it. That is, they knew moral right from wrong and chose to act immorally. It also argues that the driving force behind the three ...

This is a 7 page paper which discusses the differences in the economic, social, and political life of Britian in 1750 and 1840. The bibliography has 2 sources.

A 7 page paper which examines what can be learned about imperialism, colonialism, and issues of identity as seen through readings of “An Open Letter to His Serene Majesty Leopold II” by Lesley Falls and “King Leopold's Soliloquy” by Mark Twain. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 4 page paper examines Bismarck's political views, and hopes to answer these questions: Who is suited to make political decisions? What are his main political beliefs? What is more important, the German nation or the German people, and is there a difference? What is his view of political parties? ...

This 3 page paper gives an example of how to write an abstract for a project on the Holocaust. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper provides an overview of the US intelligence reports that surrounded the collapse of the Soviet Union. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 8 page paper discusses the reasons why historians and musicologists have both consistently labeled Beethoven as a revolutionary. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page paper is based on a close reading of "The Merchant of Venice" and discusses the role of Portia, and why she is not a typical Elizabethan woman. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 9 page review of absolutism as it prevailed in this time period. The author asserts that because England gradually moved towards constitutionalism she prevailed while France was ultimately embroiled in a revolution. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses Belgium and the way in which Spanish immigrants react to the culture. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 3 page description of this medieval tool of war. The author describes both the mechanics and the physics that affect trebuchet function. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

7 pages in length. In this paper the student will review why Carl Becker could not understand why eighteenth-century philosophers eschewed the inherent value of their past in order to embrace the future. The students main points will include examining the Enlightenment and the impact it had upon such prominent theorists as Voltaire, ...

A 7 page paper which examines the affects that bauxite and sugar cane has had upon immigration in Guyana. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

An 8 page paper which discusses how and why his fascination with the Western world drove Tsar Peter I to reconfigure Russia in a way that he believed would ensure its modernization and independence. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 6 page paper which analyzes how individual rights and liberties evolved during the years preceding the Constitutional Convention. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 4 page paper discusses the book "One Hell of a Gamble" about the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A paper which looks at the role and function of the Catholic church in Lithuania, both during and after the Soviet regime, and at the changing face of religious infrastructures in relation to democracy in Lithuania today. Bibliography lists 9 sources.