European History

Everyone knows about the Battle of Waterloo - or do they? Much of what we feel we know about Waterloo is fiction. This work exposes the myth of the battle. It brings us nearer the truth: that there are as many facets to the battle as faces on the field...

Henry Kamen has compiled an invaluable guide to Europe in this most exciting of periods – the time of the Renaissance and the Reformation, the time of da Vinci and Erasmus, Elizabeth I and Oliver Cromwell...

Henry Kamen has compiled an invaluable guide to Europe in this most exciting of periods – the time of the Renaissance and the Reformation, the time of da Vinci and Erasmus, Elizabeth I and Oliver Cromwell...

Taking the Soviet collapse as a case study, this text engages students in the exercise of historical analysis, interpretation and explanation. In exploring the question posed by the title the author introduces concepts as power conflict, revolution and transition to democracy in an accessible way...

Taking the Soviet collapse as a case study, this text engages students in the exercise of historical analysis, interpretation and explanation. In exploring the question posed by the title the author introduces concepts as power conflict, revolution and transition to democracy in an accessible way...

Why History is an introduction to the issue of history and ethics. Designed to provoke discussion, the book asks whether a knowledge and understanding of the past is a good thing to have and if so, why...

This is the first book in English to give a comprehensive account of how soldiers, officials, Christians and workers in Germany fought together to frustrate Hitler's aims...

Using forty-five interviews with former members and sympathisers, this book traces the development of the women's section of the France government from its roots in the Spanish fascist party to its role in the dictatorship up to 1959...

Using forty-five interviews with former members and sympathisers, this book traces the development of the women's section of the France government from its roots in the Spanish fascist party to its role in the dictatorship up to 1959...

This volume provides readers with an overview of women's role and place in Western Europe from the beginning of the eighteenth century, with essays covering the key themes in women's history...

This volume provides readers with an overview of women's role and place in Western Europe from the beginning of the eighteenth century, with essays covering the key themes in women's history...

An impressive collection of 29 essays by British, American and Italian scholars on important historical, artistic, cultural, social, legal, literary and theatrical aspects of women's contributions to the Italian Renaissance, in its broadest sense...