Academic papers on European History

Lion Feuchtwanger/The Oppermanns
A 10 page essay that examines and offers an overview of Lion Feuchtwanger's 1934 novel, which successfully described and predicted the horrors of Nazi Germany and the threat that the Hitler regime represented. As Ruth Gruber explains in her...
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The Primary Cause of World War I
A 3 page paper reviewing the events leading to the outbreak of World War I. Germany was the primary cause of World War I. German leadership was abrasive and arrogant, and appears to have had no consideration for anything but its own ambition. ...
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Napoleon's Last Hundred Days
This 8 page paper looks at the life and times of Napoleon Bonaparte with a focus on what was called the last hundred days. Napoleon's days in exile are highlighted. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Polanyi/Embeddedness
A 3 page research paper that investigates the central thesis of Karl Polanyi (1944) in his landmark book The Great Transformation, which is his concept of "embeddedness." The writer defines "embeddedness" and discusses it against the historical...
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Polanyi/Evolution of Market Pattern
A 3 page research paper that explores Karl Polanyi's thought in his text The Great Transformation in regards to the evolution of market patterns in early European history through mercantilism. No additional sources cited.
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Polanyi/Social Provisioning
A 3 page research paper that draws on Karl Polanyi's classic work The Great Transformation in order to his description of 4 methods of social provisioning and how this effects the classical concept of "economic man." No additional sources cited.
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Islam and Its Historic Relationship With Spain
A 6 page review of the long relationship that has existed between Islam and Spain. This relationship extends back to medieval times and is, in part, explicatory of the terrorists acts that Islam has recently perpetrated in Spain. Bibliography...
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Women in the French Revolution
A 4 page consideration of the role women played during the French Revolution. Despite the fact that ultimately they would be excluded from the very equality that the Revolution sought, women were inspired to fight for change as they had never...
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Princess Diana and Other Tragedies
This 3 page paper discusses the relationship among Diana's death, Oedipus Rex and the assassination of JFK. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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D-Day and the Invasion of Normandy by Anthony Kemp
A 3 page review of Anthony Kemp's work "D-Day and the Invasion of Normandy." No additional sources cited.
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Factortame Case, UK Parliament & EU Law
A 5 page research paper that examine the Factortame case and its implications to UK sovereignty. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Constitutional Implications of the Royal Prerogative
A 5 page discussion of the implications of the authority, privilege, and immunity granted to the monarchy of the U.K. as a part of its unwritten Constitution. The author emphasizes that while royal prerogative holds reason for concern,...
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David Nirenberg/Communities of Violence
A 5 page book review. In his text, Communities of Violence: Persecution of Minorities in the Middle Ages, historian David Nirenberg addresses the persecution of Jews, Muslims and lepers that occurred during the Shepherd's Crusade of 1320 and 1321 in...
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The Longest War
This 6 page paper sets forth some examples that argue in favor of the belief that World War I and World War II were in actuality the same conflict with a 20-year truce in the middle. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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BULGARIA, THE UNITED STATES AND INSTRUMENTS OF FOREIGN POLICY
This 5-page paper discusses the United States, Bulgaria and the foreign relations between these two thorugh questions covering instruments of foreign policy. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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