European History Essays and Term Papers

record, often insulting the attitudes of the French people themselves. But why did the French really lose so often in combat? Their military tactics were horrendous, their armor was impractical, their formations were illogical, and their weapons…

Rome and Carthage. The first Punic War lasted from 264 B.C through 241 B.C. The Carthaginians had conquered a part of Spain. The Romans went to investigate on what the Carthaginians were doing. As a result the Carthaginians attacked the soldiers…

the consideration of others as equal entities had not been taken into account in Ireland. Rather they were exploited unmercifully by the British government. While in Ireland Swift observed that the Irish peasants citizens were too poor to feed their…

Hills on January 3, 106 B.C. . Cicero's mother Helvia, was a noble and his father was a farmer who was greatly devoted to reading. Cicero's family had relations with the poplares, as did the family of Gaius Marius of Arpinum whom Cicero regarded…

the peasants took action against their suppressive government; they stormed the Bastille and freed its prisoners. Thus the French Revolution began. After ten years of civil war and threat of outside invasion, in 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte began his liberat…

places like London and arrive at Victoria Rail Station. During their stay, they may visit the Victoria and Albert Museum or go to a concert at the Royal Albert Hall. Even here in Horsforth I have seen numerous streets named Victoria or Albert. I am…

times greatly altered the mentality of its inhabitants. The social environment created by the mass immigration to towns marks a sharp increase in economic and political awareness, as well as a transition towards a more cultured society, increasingly…

during the inter war years? Unemployment was an important feature after the First World War and a conditioning influence on the economy and society. The inter-war years saw Britain fail to recapture its control over markets that it had dominated…

part of life within Britain. Class determined were one stood and there own personal role within society, in simple terms, social class was 'where you stand within the production system'. During the first half of the nineteenth century, the middle…

1794 a vital stage of the French revolution known as the Terror took place. The committee of public safety (CPS) was set up on April 6th 1793 to preserve the reforms of the French revolution due to the opposition of the new revolutionary government.…