European History Essays and Term Papers

to the conflict in the current state of Ireland. Ireland was once a prospering country many centuries ago when the Gaels were amongst the first settlers. The Gaels had imposed their language, customs and people to Ireland and made it the original…

On September 7, 1533, a child was born to Henry VIII, the present King of England. This child, Elizabeth, was the result of Henry's seven-year affair with Anne Boleyn. During Anne's pregnancy, Henry chose to divorce his wife, Catherine…

better to do than to discuss indefinitely an insoluble problem" -P. Mitrofanov This famous comment on the fourth crusade and the question of a "plot" was made well over a century ago, and very little new evidence has emerged since. So why return…

part of the literate European Christian community its vitality was strangely sapped and the Viking Age came to an end" Although attributing the end of the Viking Age to the Christianization of the Scandinavian countries, as the above quote…

Roman nobles overthrew the king. The new government kept many features of the earlier system, including the Senate and citizen assemblies. Two elected officials called consuls headed the government. The consuls shared power, but either consul could…

Rodriguez Paz Tourism INFLUENCES ON FINLAND I). - A BRIEF VIEW ON ITS HISTORY THE SWEDISH REIGN Until the middle of the 12th century, the geographical area that is now Finland was a political vacuum, and interesting to both its western neighbour…

as a genius and the greatest conqueror of the classical times. He played many parts and was able to distinguish between those in everyday life. There is a wide variety of components involved with this leader but will focus on his background, cultural…

taking pity on nothing. The destruction is universal... Like a whirlwind or a typhoon or a torrent or I know now what to say"; "... inhumanity"; "...barbarous tribe"; "...harshness of its manners and the savagery of its character"; "...not respecting…

near Lamer, Mo., on May 8, 1884. During World War I, he served in France as a captain with the 129th Field Artillery. He married Bess Wallace in 1919. After engaging briefly and unsuccessfully in the haberdashery business in Kansas City, Mo., Truman…

jumped from rats to infest the clothes and packs of trader traveling west. As an effect the plague the plague spread through out through out Europe and Italy in the spring of 1348. (From Asia to the Middle East) By the time the plague played it self…