Essays Tagged: "european history"
Art in the Renaissance
Basically this is out of the EncyclopediaThe term Renaissance describes the period of European history from the 14th to the 16thcentury. It is derived from the French word for rebirth an ...
Subjects: Art Essays
Humanism, a word of many meanings
onal and empirical tradition that originated largely inancient Greece and Rome, evolved through out European history, and now constitutes abasic part of the Western approach to science, political theo ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
The Thirty Years' War. The Hapsburg's demise
On October 24, 1648 in Munster a treaty was signed that ended one of the most bloody wars in European history. This war, a war of religion, involved most of Western Europe, especially the Holy ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
Renaissance, a period that developed a renewed interest in arts
The renaissance was a period of European history that developed a renewed interest in the arts. The renaissance began in 14th centur ...
Subjects: Art Essays
ideological legacy of the french revolution
The pivotal event of European history in the eighteenth century was the French Revolution. From its outbreak in 1789, the ... estern Europe with its arms and with its ideology. Though the Revolution was a bloody tragedy, many Europeans and non-Europeans came to see the Revolution as much more than just that. These people wer ... that a nation was not a group of royal subjects but a society of equal citizens. The fact that most European countries are or are becoming parliamentary democracies, along the lines set out by the Fre ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > The French Revolution
Fundamental causes leading to conflict in europe (tensions in Europe)
The fundamental causes of conflict were rooted deeply in the European history of the previous century, particularly in the political and economic policies that p ... . Germany thought that other great powers did not give them enough respect.Imperialism also divided European nations. In 1905 and again in 1911, competition for colonies brought France and Germany to ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The Black Death: The Darkest Period of European History.
is to this day, beyond compare. The black plague was the single most malignant natural calamity in European history.Many people think that the plague was exclusive to Europe only, but that's not the ... tried to prove that other things had been causing people to become ill stricken. Since many of the European towns and cities were predominantly Christian, they turned the blame on to the Jewish popul ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Blitzkrieg.
European HistoryTHE BLITZKRIEG'Blitzkrieg', meaning 'Lightning War' was a term coined by an American ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
World War I, military conflict.
other nations throughout the world. World War I was one of the most violent and destructive wars in European history. Of the 65 million men who were mobilized, more than 10 million were killed and mor ... rectly and critically involved in the war effort.The war began as a clash between two coalitions of European countries. The first coalition, known as the Allied Powers, included the United Kingdom, Fr ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I
The European Renaissance from 1300-1600.
The Renaissance was a period of European history, consideredby modern scholars as that between 1300 and 1600. Many dramaticchanges h ... corrections before it dried.The printing press was probaly the most important advance intechnology. Europeans first used movable metal type to print a book.On small pieces of metal they engraved singl ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
This is an essay about Nietzsche's christinity, talks about evolution of idealogies.
Throughout the course of European history, the progress of the continent has come largely from an evolution of not only peopl ... inequality leads Nietzsche to be thoroughly opposed to "suffrage universel," Socialism, as well as European democracies. Perhaps the most important opposition of Nietzsche's though, was his oppositio ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Hitler, the Man.
r and devastation to the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe.Anti-Semitism had deep roots in early European history. Hitler's passionate hatred for Jews began to flourish, as evidence showed in his p ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
Billy Budd An analysis of the handsome sailor and the cost of naviety.
ly BuddByHerman MelvilleHerman Melville's, Billy Budd, is set during the 1700's a turbulent time in European History. Rumors of war raging between England and France draw our "handsome sailor," Billy ... hers. His lack of self-consciousness makes him all the more admirable. Sailing during the 1700's in European waters was quite volatile and Billy, although illiterate, quickly learns the meaning of imp ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Why Charlemagne is the most influential person of the middle ages
CharlemagneCharlemagne is the most famous ruler of the Medieval Ages and a key figure in all of European history. Charlemagne's greatest impact on European history is the Carolingian Empire (751-9 ... (crowning) in which pope Leo III claimed the political right to give the title "Roman Emperor" to a European King. This essentially ended in the joining of Germanic power and the church as the heritag ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
This essay is about the French Revolution. It breifly describes the events of the French Revolution. It compares the goals of the Revolution to the values of the Enlightenment.
The Enlightenment and French Revolution were both turning points in European history. The Enlightenment marked a change in religion, science, philosophy, and government ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > The French Revolution
The European Renaissance.
The European RenaissanceThe Renaissance was a period of European history, consideredby modern scholars a ... orrections before it dried.The printing press was probably the most important advance intechnology. Europeans first used movable metal type to print a book.On small pieces of metal they engraved singl ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Medieval Warfare: Stagnant or Flowing?
ack military artistry. From this fertile, yet uncultivated, ground comes the early modern period of European history. The main point of contention is the cavalry's early dominance over European cultur ... , Charles Oman, writing at the end of the nineteenth century, argues that the cavalry, which shaped European medieval culture, was easily replaced with the more deadly infantry. Other authors, however ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
Reflection Paper on St. Thomas More
courage. Joan faced down English and Burgundian armies on the battlefield and, as the only woman in European history at that time to be officially in a battle, led her army to victory on many occasion ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity
Successful Satire within Volatire's "Candide"
The Enlightenment was a period of time in European history when English and French philosophers created new outlooks on life. Leibniz was one ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature
A YEAR OF CHANGES IN EUROPE (1830)
The French revolution and the Napoleonic Empire were dominant elements in the European history during a long period of time, and the consequences of these processes were lasting ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History