Essays and Research Papers on European History

This 11 page paper discusses some of the factors that led to the fall of the city of Constantinople in 1453. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 5 page review of the book by Barry Cunliffe. This book presents a window into Celt life and material culture that few have presented before. No additional sources are listed.

A 9 page review of the France's colonization of Algeria. This paper examines the impetus for that colonization and its long-term effects. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 11 page paper discusses books by historians Richard Fletcher and Ramón Menéndez Pidal and argues that Fletcher's concerns over Menéndez Pidal's impartiality are well-founded. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper discusses the Columbian Exchange and its effects on the people of the New World. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 8 page paper is an overview of the U.S. involvement in the Pacific theater of operations in WWII. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 10 page book review that contrasts and compares 2 texts. Colin Martin and Geoffrey Parker in their text The Spanish Armada, which was published in 1999, and Garrett Mattingly in The Armada, which was first published in 1959, address the subject of the English defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. Mattingly's text, which ...

This 5 page paper discusses the role of the church in the Middle Ages. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 4 page paper examines this author's book The Illusion of Victory: America in World War I. Various issues about the American people and Fleming's ideas are noted. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 6 page paper examines the twentieth century and how early conflicts predicted the rest of what would occur. World War I and World War II are examined along with conflicts like Vietnam and the Cold War. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 10 page research paper that offers an overview of the life of Joan of Arc, a simple sixteen-year-old peasant French peasant girl who could neither read nor write, but who managed to inspire and lead the French army to victory in a long protracted fifteenth century war with the English, continues to fascinate writers ...

This 3 page paper discusses King Philip II of Spain and whether he was really as he is portrayed in the history books. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 12 page paper that provides background and information about the Orange Revolution in Ukraine in 2004 immediately following the presidential election. The causes for this Revolution ware reported and discussed, including the fraud and attacks on Yushchenko. The essay also discusses some of the events that have happened in Ukraine since that time ...

A 5 page book review that examines Winston Churchill’s World War II memoir. Churchill, as Prime Minister of Great Britain, played a pivotal role in the cataclysmic conflict known as World War II. After the war, Churchill focused on his considerable literary talent and penned a six volume, comprehensive history of the WWII, offering insights ...

This 6 page paper discusses the question of whether leaders control events or are controlled by them, and argues that both scenarios apply at different times. Leaders are likely to control events when they begin, then find they have gone out of control. General Custer, Adolf Hitler and Pres. Bush are used as historical examples ...

A 3 page look at A Summer Bright and Terrible by David Fisher. No additional sources cited.

A 6 page paper. This essay considers Freud's theories about man's basic instincts as described in Civilization and Its Discontents and Malaparte's reports as recorded in Kaputt. The question is whether Freud's ideas about man's death or destruction instinct can really explain the horrors committed during World War II as reported by Malaparte. Bibliography lists ...

A 4 page report on the book Hitler’s Army by Omer Bartov. No additional sources cited.

This 6 page paper discusses the reasons for the French withdraw from Vietnam; in particular, their stunning defeat at Dien Bien Phu. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper discusses the Grand Tour of the late 1700s: what it was, where it went, what sort of attractions travelers visited, and what sort of artwork they brought home. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 3 page paper examines the Reformation and how it might have been influenced by the Renaissance. Research is provided to support the assumptions. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 3 page paper explores some of the specifics of what life was like in the Renaissance. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

This 3 page paper takes the form of a play in which events that transpired between Isaac Comnenus and Richard the Lionheart on Cyprus are dramatized. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 11 page paper evaluates the various causes of WWI. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

An 8 page history paper that reviews 2 books. Garrett Mattingly, in his text The Armada, which was first published in 1959, presents a landmark text that has become a classic in the historiography of the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the English, which occurred during the reign of Elizabeth I in 1588. In ...