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

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Audio Q&A Researching the Period (1914-1953)

A question & answer session with historians Linda Parker and James Platt

 British history, European history, World War One, World War Two, womens history, Church history view
Audio Quiz 1 - Answers

The answers to the first quiz.

 World War One, World War Two, Vichy France, Russian Revolution, Stalin, Nazi Germany view
Audio Quiz 1: Historical Background

One of two quizzes on our period, this first one dealing with historical background.

 First World War, Second World War, Vichy France, USSR, Weimar Germany, Soviet Union, birdsong, the plague, white guard, the reader, one day in the life of view
Audio Quiz 2 - Answers

Answers to the second and final of our two quizzes

 the plague, birdsong, the reader, one day in the life of, white guard, World War One, World War Two, USSR, Nazi Germany, Vichy France view
Document Bernhard Schlink's The Reader

Short extracts from Schlink's seminal novel for criticism and reivew.

German history, Nazi Germany, Second World War view
Document Class Coursework for History And The Novel

Class coursework exercises for History And The Novel: Europe And The Shadow Of War 1914 - 1953

 First World War, Second World War, Russian Revolution, Hitler, Stalin, Occupied France 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 Key timeline Russia and the Rise of Stalin

Some key dates and themes on the USSR and Stalin's Rise to Power

 Stalin, Russian Revolution, Cold War view
Document Key Timeline WWI

Some key dates for World War One

 First World War view
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