European History Essays and Term Papers

to wonder about the world. Babies often wonder what lies in behind the couch. Children grow to question why their parents make them go to bed at nine o-clock on a school night. Teenagers often question and dispute curfews imposed on them by their…

refers to the greatly increased output of machine-made goods that began in England during the 18th century. Before the Industrial Revolution, people wove textile by hand. Beginning in the middle 1700s, machines did this and other jobs as well.…

Catherine - Catherine owed her throne to a conspiracy that deposed and assassinated her mentally ill husband Peter III. Catherine slept with rulers of other countries to form alliances. Elizabeth - Elizabeth was proclaimed an illegitimate child…

in the defeat of Germany in the Great Patriotic War. Concepts that should be considered include Industrialisation, Modernisation, Nationalism and Leadership. The Soviet-German War is the most brutal episode of the most vicious war that mankind…

power and consolidation of power in 1917. In any account of history, it is difficult to determine whether individuals or historical forces beyond the control of the individual played the important roles. There is the argument that the actions of…

of England three years before. A fervent Catholic, Mary sought to undo the changes of the previous monarchs, who had begun a Protestant Reformation within England. The former Archbishop of Canterbury under the late Edward VI, Thomas Cranmer, had been…

in numerous movies, theorized about in countless books, and given metaphysical powers by organizations across the world. These pauvres chevaliers du temple, or Poor Knights of the Temple, formed under very humble circumstances, and grew to such…

government affected the social classes and rights gradually became more equal among the people of Rome. New laws and new leaders tried to make society become closer in equality through reforms. It was a long and difficult process to be freed…

of terror fell upon the Soviet people, and the whole of the USSR was thrown into darkness. Stalin's reign of terror was a very disturbing and unhappy time, and he did many things that were inhumane and inessential. Stalin's methods of ruling were…

the ancient capital of Macedonia. His parents were Philip II and Olympia. Some say that Zeus was his father but it is probably just a myth. Aristotle taught Alexander in his early teen years. He stimulated his interest in science, medicine,…