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European history

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European history (V220): Historical studies focusing on continental Europe.

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Link Under den Linden, Berlin May 4 1945

A photograph of Under den Linden in central Berlin where under direction of Soviet soldiers civilians clear away rubble from the street. This was...

Berlin, Second World War, Twentieth-century, Germany, History view
Link A map of Austria-Hungary 1887

A map of Austria-Hungary from the Reference Atlas of the World by John Bartholemew published in London in 1887.

Austria-Hungary, Nineteenth-century, Central Europe, Historical Maps, History view
Link A map of Brandenburg in the Geman Empire 1882

A map of Brandenburg, the oldest region of Prussia, which was the largest state in the German Empire in 1882. From the Blackie and Sons Atlas...

Historical Maps, Nineteenth-century Germany, Prussia, Brandenburg, German Empire, History view
Link A map of Bulgaria, Eastern Roumelia and Ottoman Roumelia 1882

A map of independent Bulgaria and Eastern Roumelia and their boundaries with Ottoman Europe 1882. From Blackie and Sons Atlas published in...

Balkans, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire, Eastern Question, Nineteenth-century, History view
Link A map of Serbia 1882

A map of the independent kingdom of Serbia in the Balkans in 1882. From the Blackie and Sons Atlas published in Edinburgh in 1882. The map shown...

Nineteenth-century, Balkans, Serbia, Historical Maps, History view
Link A map of western Russia 1908

A map of western Russia in 1908 from the Harmsworth Atlas and Gazetteer 1909, published in London.

Russian Empire, Twentieth-century, Historical Maps, Russian history, History view
Document A Prospect and a Description: The Pleasures of the Imagination in Eighteenth Century Naples, Lesley Murphy

To the eighteenth century traveller, a visit to Naples meant an encounter with Nature and Antiquity that necessitated an aesthetic as well as an...

18th century, Grand Tour, Italy, Naples view
Document Albert Camus' The Plague

Short extracts from Camus' seminal work for criticism and review.

French history, Second World War, Nazi Germany view
Document Alexander Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Short extracts from Solzhenitsyn's seminal novel for criticism and review.

Stalin, Russian, 1950s, Cold War view
Link Allied propaganda posters of the First World War

A selection of forty-six posters created by the allied powers during the First World War to bolster morale during the conflict and to raise bonds...

First World War, Propaganda, military history, History view
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