History - Europe - General

This book focuses on the diffusion of architectural inventions from the Low Countries to other parts of Europe from the late fifteenth until the end of the seventeenth century. Multiple pathways connected the architecture of the Low Countries with the world, but a coherent...

"Waterloo, morne plaine ..." (Waterloo, sad plain). These three words still echo in French people's minds. Beyond Victor Hugo's writings, they remember that it was a defeat rather than a battle and also, depending on where your opinions lie, the final act of a...

The narrative and descriptive portion of this work speaks for itself. In the historical part I have consulted with advantage Von Engel's "History of Servia," Ranke's "Servian Revolution," Possart's "Servia," and Ami Boue's "Turquie d'Europe," but took the precaution of submitting the facts selected...

This book describes one of the most terrible tragedies of the Second World War and the events preceding it. The horrible miscalculations made by the Stavka of the Soviet Supreme High Command and the Front commands led in October 1941 to the deaths and...

The Catacomes consists of paintings by Greg Tricker and text by sculptor and stained glass artist Johannes Steuck. This book of thirty full-page color paintings and sculptures was inspired by a visit to the Catacombs, the ancient Christian burial chambers beneath Rome that date...

The cavalry regiments of the US Army were in the process of being transformed into a mechanized force when the USA entered World War II. While those cavalry regiments deployed to the Pacific to fight the Japanese were turned into infantry units, those sent...

The Rise of Metallurgy in Eurasia is a landmark study in the origins of metallurgy. The project aimed to trace the invention and innovation of metallurgy in the Balkans. It combined targeted excavations and surveys with extensive scientific analyses at two Neolithic-Chalcolithic copper production...

Two decades of strontium isotope research on Neolithic European burials - reinforced by high-profile ancient DNA studies - has led to widespread interpretations that these were patrilocal societies, implying significant residential mobility for women. The Not Very Patrilocal European Neolithic questions that narrative from...

The unprecedented scope and intensity of the First World War has prompted an enormous body of retrospective scholarship. However, efforts to provide a coherent synthesis about the war's impact and significance have remained circumscribed, tending to focus either on the operational outlines of military...

The Religious Wars is a classic from the History of All Nations series, and covers the wars in the 16th and 17th centuries.Author: John Henry Wright,Martin PhilippsonISBN-10: 1523782668ISBN-13: 9781523782666Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/30/2016Pages: 362Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.07lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.75d

Stalin's Gulag at War places the Gulag within the story of the regional wartime mobilization of Western Siberia during the Second World War. The author explores a diverse array of issues, including mass death, informal practices, and the responses of prisoners and personnel to...

The Munich Olympics massacre in 1972 was a shock awakening to the public. In the decades since, European countries have faced a wide range of threats from Palestinian and home-grown terrorists, to the more recent worldwide jihadists. The threats they pose are widespread from...

""Alexandra Feodorowna V2: Empress of Russia"" is a biography of the wife of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, written by August Theodor Von Grimm and originally published in 1870. The book explores Alexandra's life, from her birth as a German princess to her marriage...

The aim of the study is to examine technological, cognitive and symbolic aspects of metallurgy in southern Norway from the Bronze Age (i.e. 1700-500 cal. BC to the beginning of the Late Neolothic, i.e. c. 2400 cal. BC. Two sets of ideas are scrutinized:...

Edited by Katina T. Lillios, Anna J. Waterman, Jennifer Mack, Joe Alan Artz and Liv Nilsson-StutzThis volume presents the results of archaeological research conducted at the Late Neolithic-Early Bronze Age burial site of Bolores between 2007 and 2012, which built on work carried out...

Edited by: Ana Cruz, Enrique Cerrillo-Cuenca, Primitiva Bueno Ramírez, João Carlos Caninas and Carlos Batata.Proceedings of the conference held in Abrantes, Portugal, 11 May 2013.This book offers a perspective on death and memory in recent Prehistory on the western Iberian Peninsula (Portugal, Spanish Extremadura...

This study examines female representation in British Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age (2500 - 1500 BC) funerary practices. Chronology relating to the burial practices is studied, from large scale change over time through to small scale individual chronologies; looking at age representation. In contrast...

The late Palaeolithic Ahrensburgian site at Zonhoven-Molenheide was situated in a sandy podzol. It comprised several concentrations with more than 11,500 flint artefacts, of which more than 1,800 were refitted. Both horizontal and vertical distribution of the remains is discussed in detail. 76 figures...

This book is concerned with the developments that followed on from the introduction of farming into Britain and Southern Scandinavia (Denmark and Southern Sweden), and the idiosyncratic social and cultural patterns that emerged as the revolutionary potential of the Neolithic was gradually realised. Fundamental...

This book presents an investigation of two of the National Museum of Scotland's older lithic collections, the assemblages from Airhouse and Overhowden in the Scottish Borders. The Airhouse assemblage numbers 558 lithic artefacts and the Overhowden assemblage 109 lithic artefacts. They were both collected...

The convergence of a number of research groups with common interests in an area little favored by the traditional hypotheses of the interpretation of Peninsular Prehistory made a group of scholars aware of the necessity of periodic meetings to evaluate current thinking. The first...

Written by R.M. Chapple, C. Dunlop, S. Gilmore and L. Heaney.Illustrations by S. Godden and S. Cannon. Principal Editor: K. Beachus. Edited by J. Barkley and C Heaney.Author: R. M. Chapple,C. Dunlop,S. GilmoreISBN-10: 1407302442ISBN-13: 9781407302447Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford LtdLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/31/2009Pages: 253Format: PaperbackWeight:...

Title: Cose notabili della città di Bologna, ossia Storia cronologica de'suoi stabili pubblici e privati per G. ... G. Pubblicata dal figlio Ferdinando, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the...

Title: The History of England; from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688: by D. Hume ... With a continuation, from that period to the death of George the Second, by Tobias Smollett ... and Chronological Records to the coronation of...

Title: The History of England; from the invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688: by D. Hume ... With a continuation, from that period to the death of George the Second, by Tobias Smollett ... and Chronological Records to the coronation of...

Title: A Complete Analysis and General View of the Poll for ... Norwich ... By Edmund Newton.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150...

Title: A History of England from the Revolution of 1688; being a continuation of Hume's History of England. vol. 1.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries...

Title: A Connected Series of Notes on the Chief Revolutions of the Principal States which composed the Empire of Charlemagne, from his coronation in 814, to its dissolution in 1806: on the genealogies of the imperial house of Habsburgh, and of the six secular...

Title: On the State of Society in France before the Revolution of 1789; and on the courses which led to that event ... Translated by Henry Reeve.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is...

Title: An historical essay on the real character and amount of the precedent of the revolution of 1688; in which the opinions of Mackintosh, Price, Hallam, ... and Locke ... are critically considered, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national...

Title: The History of the Western Empire; from its restoration by Charlemagne to the accession of Charles V. [With genealogical tables.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research...

Title: The Truth respecting the Revolution which broke out in Paris in July 1830 its causes and its consequences; translated from the French.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's...

Title: The History of the Western Empire; from its restoration by Charlemagne to the accession of Charles V. [With genealogical tables.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research...

Title: A Keppoch Song: a poem in five cantos: being the origin and history of the family; alias Donald, Lord of the Isles. ... The whole combined with the history of Scotland; with notes, ... an analysis of the Scotch Acts of Parliament relative...

Title: Chapeltown Researches, archaeological and historical; including ... memories of Thorncliffe, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known...

Title: Manchester walks and Wild Flowers: an introduction to the botany and rural beauty of the district. With biographical notices of the Lancashire Botanists, and an account of their societies; select lists of the birds and other living creatures of the neighbourhood, etc.Publisher: British...

Title: A Glance at Revolutionized Italy: a visit to Messina, and a tour through the Kingdom of Naples, the States of the Church, Tuscany, Genoa, Piedmont ... in the summer of 1848.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of...

Title: The National Geological Surveys of Europe.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,...

Title: Rambles in Naples. An archaeological and historical Guide ... Third edition, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all...

This book explores the practices of collectors of books, their networks and actions, as well as the book collections themselves, public and private, during the Renaissance, Enlightenment and modern eras to c.1900.Author: Annika BautzISBN-10: 1138593192ISBN-13: 9781138593190Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/30/2018Pages: 254Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 9.10h x...

This volume of primary sources focuses on the history of emotions in Europe and its empires between 1714 and 1789. Accompanied by extensive editorial commentary, this collection will be of great interest to students of history and literature. Author: Katie BarclayISBN-10: 1032007648ISBN-13: 9781032007649Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage:...

"Fairs, Past and Present: A Chapter in the History of Commerce" by Cornelius Walford delves into the fascinating world of fairs as vital engines of trade and commerce throughout history. This meticulously researched work explores the evolution of markets and fairs, examining their significant...

Uncover the origins of conspiracy theories with John Robison's "Proofs of a Conspiracy against all the Religions and Governments of Europe." First published in the late 18th century, this historical text explores alleged clandestine activities carried on within secret societies, specifically Freemasons, Illuminati, and...

Discover the captivating story of Malta, a Mediterranean island nation steeped in history, with "The Story of Malta" by Maturin M. Ballou. Journey through millennia, exploring Malta's rich tapestry from its ancient roots with the Phoenicians and Romans to its pivotal role in the...

Experience World War I through the eyes of an English nursing sister. "Field Hospital and Flying Column: Being the Journal of an English Nursing Sister in Belgium and Russia" offers a compelling personal narrative of Violetta Thurstan's service on the front lines. This meticulously...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

The events in Eastern Europe and Ukraine during World War II are generally little known and often misunderstood, even though it was here that the war lasted the longest and caused devastation on an unprecedented scale. Millions either lost their lives or became slave...