Western Europe Essay Examples and Topics. Page 2

The madness of the English king plunged the country into a period of anarchy and civil strife, in which the warring houses of Lancaster and York were the central actors.

The ideas presented by the interpretations of the effects and consequences of the revolution are important in offering knowledge of new political ideologies.

Thus, the education of tolerance and understanding of other faiths contributes to the establishment of relations in society and limits the possibility of conflicts and stressful situations.

An aspect that is of particular interest is the question of the development of this thought and the relationship between some of the rulers of European nations, which were called the Enlightened Despots.

The Bildung tradition was the basis for the transformation of Prussia of the eighteenth century into a potent Germany at the end of the nineteenth century.

One of the most developed variants of this concept is the nationalism of the era of the French Revolution. In 1789, with the outbreak of the French Revolution, the idea of nationalism spread throughout France, [...]

The book embeds a variety of perspective that shows the evolution of social reaction to famine as the leading cause of suffering in the European history.

To understand why the French Revolution led to war between France on the one side and Prussia and Austria on the other in 1792, one should briefly recall the essence of this revolution.

Maintaining the health of the children is a way to express the love mothers have for their children. It is crucial to think of the deplorable working and living conditions for Berlin workers in the [...]

This hypothesis could be counter-argued by Halford Mackinder's Heartland theory that emphasizes the importance of the geopolitical concept in the process of the formation of the states.

This leads to the emergence of social classes in society, with the elites who own most business enterprises at the top of the hierarchy.

Many communities have undergone various political, economic, and social changes mostly because of adopting the characters and values of the other communities they come in contact with.

Even though the war was responsible for the larger portion of the debt it was not the only reason for the overwhelming debt that France was in.

The text is titled "A History of Violence", and the author discusses the events preceding Kristallnacht using the example of a well-known physician Paul Ehrlich and the institutional nationalism in the 1930s and 1940s Germany.

The composition of this song was requested by the mayor of Strasbourg, who wanted a song to encourage the army to defend their territory. The song became famous in the territory and was a tool [...]

The Act granted middle-class citizens voting rights in addition to changing the mode of representation in parliament to cover the interests of more segments of the population.

The initial period of the reign of terror is the radical phase when there was the domination of the Jacobins over the legislative assembly.

The history of goldfish is both a loss and a success in the representation of issues pertaining to the Irish filming industry.

While it might take days to complete the reading the entire book, the unique presentation of the 55 cities is a fascinating process that takes the reader through one of the most intricate pieces of [...]

The industrial revolution also helped change the movement of goods around the world and the issue of materialism was adopted as a result of arts and religion.

It is often argued that that the inaction of the British government aggravated the effects of the famine. In addition to that, several historians believe that the Potato famine can be considered as an act [...]

The decrease of the population had a considerable on commercial relations since due to the disappearance of the working class which the main basis in the medieval economy, peasants become more conscious and prudent.

The Greek civilization impresses by its originality and incontestability in the manners of people and in a number of philosophers who made a great impact on the further flow of scientific thought.

Between 1815 and 1860 there was a massive movement of people from Europe to the USA and this led to the creation and growth of urban centers in the US.

Since that time, the state's role in proving welfare and assistance increased greatly as the Commission controlled the performance of the poverty relief system.

One of the achievements of todays history is the book " The West in the World" by Dennis Sherman and Joyce Salisbury. The beginning of the essay concerning the history and the centuries of the [...]

The French revolution, in this part of the world at least, was the inspiration for all subsequent uprisings and revolts throughout Europe in the nineteenth century and its ideals, in part, are visible in many [...]

The later part of the eighteenth century saw the ushering in of the Industrial Revolution which commenced in England and rapidly spread throughout Western Europe and North America.

Following war and peace theory, the relations between the individual and the government were based on the necessity to protect the state from enemies and use citizens as the military power to struggle against the [...]

The state of things in Germany was terrible, the country had to pay immense reparations to the Entente which was the winner of the war.

The processes of production in the textile industry were many and disorganized. The processes of production in the textile industry were many and disorganized.

That system was in operation in all but four poor law unions but relief, under the 1838 act, could be given only to inmates of workhouses.

They raised the questions of aesthetics, and a lot of discussing in detail about the nature of beauty and patterns of art.

The Industrial Revolution positively influenced the development of the business field and brought a lot of innovation to the technological area.

The following events in the course of the European countries' development give us a way to state that there was a time of chaos and instability during the period under consideration: The decay of the [...]

They did not pay attention to the needs of native population and assumed that the interest of natives had to coincide with the interests of the English.

Maza argues that the reporting of these private scandals had a decisive effect on the way in which the French public came to understand public issues in the years before the Revolution.

The main reasons were the reformist and the conservatives. This was the Spanish Confederation of the Autonomous Right.

Edward was suffering from tuberculosis, and as his health deteriorated suddenly, and the Duke of Northumberland tried to persuade the king to alter the succession in favor of his own daughter-in-law, Lady Jane Grey.

In addition, the paper will try to understand the relationship of Utopia with the development of Classical Utopian thought, as well as, with the Christian Idealism that are some of the major themes of More's [...]

This discussion analyzes the influence of Volkish thought in the shaping of Nazi policies beginning with a historical definition of the term 'Volk' and the reasons for its integration into German society of the 1800's.

The main factor in the promotion of right-wing radical parties is foreign cultural migration and the creation of closed communities of immigrants that are not amenable to cultural and social adaptation in host societies.

In the case of Zwingli, who had the power of the city council of Zurich and other cities in Switzerland, the discontent of the Catholic church took the form of military actions between the two [...]

The exceptional volume of the innovations introduced to the life of people and the developmental power it had on the country appears to trace the connections of those changes in the 21st century.

The article '"Truth", Perception, and Politics: The British Construction of an Image of Tibet by Alex McKay focuses on the presence of the British Empire on Tibet and the perception of the latter.

This is a period named from the first monarch of England whose name was synonymous with her reign. It is associated with work ethic, religion and institutional faith, and family values.

The start of the Century was marked by the second voyage of the Portuguese to India in 1500 under the rule of Pedro Cabral.

The main threat caused by the involvement of France in wars was the quick spreading of liberalism to various countries across the continent.

Italy's ruler, Napoleon, attempted to merge the Italian states into one via treaties, to bring unity and a sense of belonging to the people. As a matter of fact, the political fascist regime contributed to [...]

2 The scenario is an indication of how seriously people took the issue of eugenics in the 20th century. The paper will focus on the policies as they were practiced in the Scandinavian countries in [...]

The first important step to develop an effective framework for the analysis of the document was the research on the author's personality.

Word Count: 542 "The Story of Grandmother" differs greatly from that of the ones written by Perrault and the Brothers Grimm."The Story of Grandmother" does not seem to be something that would be read to [...]

The British Empire was the largest in the entire world and its power and influence were universally felt. The desire to gain more power and become the most powerful nation in the world led to [...]

The French war of 1870 was mainly fought in order to unite the various groups in Germany, something that would be a great threat to the national interests of France.

Being on the peak of its success, the government in Great Britain did all possible not to allow the class conflicts, one of the most important actions on the way to political reformation in a [...]

Besides, the title of the article does not directly capture the interest of the reader since it approaches the focus of the reader from a broad perspective; The Economic Terror of the French Revolution.

The ideas of absolute monarchy in the 17th century were reinforced by the belief that rulers' right to govern was given by the power of God.

The French Revolution was a period of political and social instabilities in France, which lasted between 1789 and 1799, and was partially planned and carried out by Napoleon in the course of the French Empire [...]

De Litteris Colendis and General Capitulary of the Missi are the documents that demonstrate Charlemagne's concern with spreading education and establishing Missi's institution, royal messengers, who had to supervise various parts of the kingdom.

The article "Gifts of Mars: Warfare and Europe's early rise to riches" by Nico Voigtlander and Hans-Joachim Voth illustrate how the political situation in Europe had shaped the economic development of the continent in the [...]

The yearning for democracy was a testament to the progressiveness of a society. It has been argued that the rise of absolutism was a fundamental shift in the power structures of the continent.

Textiles, for example, badges, uniforms, flags, costumes, and banners are also housed in the museum. Other types of materials housed in the museum are works on paper, such as announcements, posters, broadsides, and maps.

Before the end of the Second World War in 1945, the migration of Algerians to France was exclusively for male workers.

Aftalion argues that the chemical industry was born in the middle of the 18th century out of the demands created by other industries.

The themes of the songs before the French Revolution of 1848 and shortly before and during the time of the Paris Commune in 1871 were mostly political and revolutionary.

Moreover, the influence that parents had was significant, and it would not be an easy task for the government to monitor and review all the cases of unfair treatment. The author suggests that parents loved [...]

The Second Industrial Revolution was a rapid development period in the industrial segment in the last decades of the 19th century.

Majority of the province's income and revenue sources come from the industry and services sector via textiles and other exports, and highly developed tourism that made Catalonia one of the most attractive destinations in Europe [...]

The rationale behind it was to point to the reconstruction of London and the incorporation of futuristic buildings in the architecture of the city.

In this paper, a variety of aspects and contributing factors of the evolution will be discussed including putting-out system, the three unique sets of Britain's advantages that stimulated the process of industrialization, the support of [...]

However, the article also presents the darker side of the federal government's involvement in the mortgage industry, citing the discriminatory practices that existed between the 1940s and 1960s.

While focusing on the experience of Muslims in Germany, it is almost impossible to ignore the experience of Jews as the important religious and cultural group in this country.

The industrialization was inevitable in Britain because: Britain has already been one of the leading countries in the world. In the following paper, the background and significance of the industrialization will be discussed.

The Egyptian president opted to nationalize the canal so as to raise funds to construct the dam as opposed to when the canal offered free passage to all who used it.

The Dutch Revolt was an uprising that pitted the Protestant northern areas of the Netherlands against the Roman Catholic southern areas of this region in the 16th century.

King Henry the 8th was the king of England and a notable figure in the monarchy. His other achievement was the uniting of England and Wales under a legal process in 1542.

Among some of the chief barriers to economic growth and industrialization in Germany after the Napoleonic wars included, breakdown of trade between the states in Germany, interruption of communication between the German states and Germany [...]

Though the role of monarchy in the society is often underrated, monarchy, in fact, defines a range of features of the society in question, including its economic and financial status; it defines the national identity [...]

Their competing for the control of the Mediterranean, Black Sea Basin and the Red Sea as well as for the finding the routes to trade the Eastern countries transformed to a great rival.

The British Empire was the strongest empire between the 16th and the 20th centuries. The British Empire was the biggest empire at its peak, between the end of the 16th century and the 18th century.

This is arguably the reason as to why it is referred to as the age of pluralism. Developments that gave birth to modern day civilization kicked off in some parts of the universe as the [...]

The culture that was created as a result of the fusion of several ethnicities and their philosophies and as a response to the aggression of the French, the Briton identity is truly miraculous.

The Western society adapted to the formation of alliance systems immediately after the fall of the mass societies with the aim of preventing emergence of wars and disagreement among different states in the western world.

Subsequently, rebellion and a spirit of revolution began to ferment among the commoners, the nobility and the clergy as well as the wider French society.

In this essay, the stressors are outlined, a major stressor is identified from among the many and how the renaissance society responded to the stressor is discussed in detail. The rebellion by peasants caused a [...]

The period from the beginning of the 15th century until the end of the 17th century was marked as the Age of Discovery.

At the same time, in the mills and workhouses young children were exposed to long hours of physically hard labor and experienced severe lack of rest and sleep.

In spite of the fact that the Revolution of 1848 was supported by the wide categories of the French public oriented to reforming the regime, the revolution led to the further restoration of monarchy in [...]

Despite the fact that in the XX century, it was quite hard for a woman to take the leadership position and have an influence on the state affairs, Margaret Thatcher managed to fight the gender [...]

Rome and Greece made essential assistance to the civilization of the western world which evolved over the centuries. Although the classical culture of Greece was fundamental in the creation of western civilization, it made no [...]

The bourgeois class contributed significantly to the enlargement of the gap in the social class and gave room for the rising prominence of intellectuality in the public sphere.

The analogous historical development of Islam and the Western societies and the similarities and differences of the societies that emerge from them.

Although aristocratic factionalism can be discussed as the influential factor for the development of the French civil wars, the religious division plays more significant role in prolonging the wars because of the focus on ideological [...]

The period of the reign of Louis XV is characterised by the significant public, judges, and parlements' opposition to the monarch's government and to the proposed policies and laws.

The articles are "The Exhibition The Crystal Palace" and "The First Half of the Nineteenth Century: Progress of The Nation and Race".

There has been an extensive account of a favorite cultural model in Germany, even prior to the augmentation of the National Socialists and their capitalization on the initiative of the Volksgemeinschaft in the 1930s and [...]

Further development of business and commerce led to the emergence of London's coffee houses in 1650s. As a result of such explorations, London become the center of business and commercial activities.

As a result of the Age of Revolution, which occurred in the mid of 19th century, there were only countable socialists in the continent. This was characterized by the transition of the Age of Revolution [...]

However, in her book Fiefs and Vassals: The Medieval Evidence Reinterpreted, Susan Reynolds states that it is inappropriate to follow the narrow discussion of feudalism with references to the concepts of vassalage and fiefs, and [...]

The history of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance continues to attract the attention of many contemporary historians. This is one of the points that should be considered.

France used nationalism to unite the state against its enemies, and this showed the morality of nationalism. The paper first describes the nature and history of nationalism.

Hitler's absolute hold on power was achieved in 1934 when he consolidated the office of the president and that of the chancellor in the person of "the Fuhrer and Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler".

According to Blitz, those fears were confirmed after the integration because, to date, the Western part of Germany that was previously the more prosperous of the two has always had to transfer funds for the [...]

The major similarity between collective invention and heroic individual invention is that both provided important source of innovations during the early stages of industrialization.

There is a great value in the Nazi movies as during this era Hitler and his supporters needed to manipulate others applying to the propaganda via mass media and choosing the movies Hitler was sure [...]

At the beginning of the Modest Proposal, Swifts satirizes on the problem of the poor and over-population in Ireland and pledges for the English people to pay attention to it.

After the war, the nations faced humongous economic slump, the pecuniary implications of the war took toll on the European Nations.

Britain and France led reconstruction after the War had been over as they were seriously weakened by the consequences of the war.

Desirability of Decisive Victory: Setting Clear Objectives Another essential component of the warfare philosophy promoted by Gustavus Adolphus, the reinforcement of the idea of a triumph can be viewed as a breakthrough in the overall [...]

As a result of the contributions made by the members of the party most notably of whom is Hitler and the socio-economic realities of the time, the party was able to grow in size and [...]

Lack of enough knowledge of land terrains among Germans and high population of their enemies may also have contributed to German loss in the war.

The exercise of absolute monarchy in the French territory began in the16th century, and it was preceded by the era of renaissance monarchy that was exercised on the basis of political consensus among the social [...]

There were a great number of inventors during this time that greatly influenced the succession of the cultural trend that was evident in the latter parts of the 19th century, with most of the changes [...]

Despite the fact that Holocaust was one of the hideous crimes against the humanity that is never to occur again, some tend to represent the tragic event as the stage of the history that people [...]

This analysis is going to address the French and Spanish conquest in the new world and the establishment of their respective empires.

However, it is quite important to note that colonial development acted as a benchmark for economic development in colonies. Therefore, as far as colonial development worked to improve economies and was essential phase in Africa, [...]

The standardisation of European languages led to a great development of the European literature and the creation of national ideologies and mythologies in different countries.

The movement towards the republic was the key goal of the people, demanding their rights and freedoms acknowledged but the direction was being constantly halted by economic domination of the ruling class in agriculture and [...]

The author's main argument in this book is that Industrial Revolution degraded the lives of the working class instead of uplifting them.

When working for his father in England as a businessperson, he investigated the lives of workers at night, the results of which persuaded him to publish the book The Condition of the Working Class in [...]