History of Europe / European History
History of Europe / European History

History of Europe / European History

A Level, History of Europe, European History, CSS, PMS, Job Test Preparation,  tcanotes, TCA Notes, The Concept Academy Notes

The Roman Empire (60 BCE-160CE)

1. Roman Empire (60 BCE-160 CE) Brief Overview, Timeline, Key People, Terms, Events & Study Questions2. Roman Empire (60 BCE-160 CE) Overview
3. From Republic to Dictatorship: Caesar to Octavian (50–30 BCE)4. The Early Principate: Augustus and Tiberius (30 BCE–37 CE)
5. Caligula and Claudius (37-54): The Pitfalls and Regularization of Personal Rule6. Nero and the ‘Year of the Four Emperors’ (54-69)
7. The Short-Lived Flavian Dynasty: 69-96 CE8. Rome’s Halcyon Days: 96-161 CE

The Fall of Rome (150CE-475CE)

1. The Fall of Rome (150CE-475CE) Brief Overview, Timeline, Key People, Terms and Events2. The Fall of Rome (150CE-475CE) Overview
3. From Tranquility to Crisis: Marcus Aurelius to Diocletian (161-285 CE)4. Attempts to Salvage the Roman Order: Diocletian and Constantine (285-337 CE)
5. The Germanic Tribes to 3756. Germanic Tribes and Decomposition of Roman Order (375-410)
7. Disappearance of the Western Roman Empire I: 410-4408. Disappearance of the Western Roman Empire and Emergence of the First Medieval Political Order (440-493)

Early Middle Ages (475-1000)

1. Early Middle Ages (475-1000) Brief Overview, Timeline, Key People, Terms & Events2. Early Middle Ages (475-1000) Overview
3. Post-Roman Europe I: Italy and Southern Gaul From Theodoric to the Lombards (488-600)4. Eastern Rome from Marcian to Justin: Doorstep of Byzantium (450-527)
5. From Eastern Roman Revanche to Byzantium under Siege I: Justinian I (527-565)6. From Eastern Roman Revanche to Byzantium under Siege II: Justin II to Heraclius (565-641)
7. Islamic Expansion and Political Evolution 632-10008. From Roman Gaul to the Merovingian Kingdom of the Franks (450-511)
9. Clovis’ Sons and Creeping Merovingian Anarchy (511-640)10. Charlemagne and the Carolingian State(s) to 843
11. End of the First European Order: Foreign Invasions, Carolingian Obsolescence, and Doorstep of the High Middle Ages (840s-950s)12. Political Arrangements in Europe towards the Second Millennium
13. Christianity, 325-650s: Conversion, the Papacy, and Monasticism I14. Christianity, 650s-950s: Conversion, the Papacy, and Monasticism II

High Middle Ages (1000-1200)

1. High Middle Ages (1000-1200) Brief Overview, Timeline, Key People, Terms, Events & Study Questions2. High Middle Ages (1000-1200) Overview
3. Getting There: Byzantium, 650-8704. Byzantium Triumphant, Byzantium Faltering: 960-1071
5. Germany, 920-1075: The Saxon Empire to the Investiture Controversy6. England from Saxon Kingdom to Norman Conquest: 925-1135
7. The Crusades: 1095-12048. Byzantium, 1081-1261: Decay, Defeats, Latin Betrayal, and Survival
9. France & England, 987-1226: Capets and Angevins10. France, 1226-1270: Louis IX
11. Germany in the Hohenstaufen Era: 1137-125012. Christianity: Expansion, Monastic and Papal Reform, Clash with Secular Rulers (910-1122)
13. Reconquista 1000-125014. Christianity, 1130-1244: Spiritual Invigoration, the Papal Monarchy, and Heresy

Italian Renaissance (1330-1550)

1. Italian Renaissance (1330-1550) Brief Overview, Timeline, Key People, Terms, Events & Study Questions2. Italian Renaissance (1330-1550) Overview
3. Italy in the Mid-Fourteenth Century: The Rise of Humanism (mid 14th century)4. Florence and the Medici (1397-1495)
5. Rome: Papal Control and Early Resurrection (1400-1484)6. Rome: The Depths of Corruption and the Rise of the Golden Age
7. Venice and Milan (1300-1499)8. Art in the Early Renaissance (1330-1450)
9. Art in the High Renaissance (1450-1550)10. The Rise of Printing: Literature in the Renaissance (1350-1550)
11. Women in the Renaissance12. The Waning of the Renaissance (1499-1550)

The Enlightenment (1650–1800)

1. The Enlightenment (1650–1800) Brief Overview, People, Terms & Study Questions2. The Enlightenment (1650–1800)Overview
3. The Roots of the Enlightenment4. The French Enlightenment
5. The English Enlightenment6. Skepticism and Romanticism
7. The German Enlightenment8. Other Arenas of the Enlightenment
9. The Legacy of the Enlightenment

The Scientific Revolution (1550-1700)

1. The Scientific Revolution (1550-1700) Brief Overview, Timeline, People, Terms & Study Questions2. The Scientific Revolution (1550-1700) Overview
3. Revival of the Study of Nature (16th Century)4. New Astronomy (1510-1600)
5. Scientific Revolution Philosophy Descartes and Bacon6. Advancements in Mathematics (1591-1655)
7. Physics (1590-1666)8. Biology (1600-1680)
9. Re-Formation of the Heavens10. Newton and Comprehensive Understanding (1687)
11. Cooperation in Science: The Role of Royal Society (1662-1700)12. Prevailing Superstition (1550-1700)

The French Revolution (1789–1799)

1. French Revolution (1789–1799) Brief Overview, People, Terms & Study Questions2. French Revolution (1789–1799) Overview
3. France’s Financial Crisis: 1783–17884. Estates-General: 1789
5. National Assembly: 1789–17916. Escalating Violence: 1791–1792
7. Reign of Terror and Thermidorian Reaction: 1792-17958. The Directory: 1795–1799

Napoleonic Europe (1799-1815)

1. Napoleonic Europe (1799-1815) Brief Overview, People, Terms, Events & Study Questions2. Napoleonic Europe (1799-1815) Overview
3. The Consulate (1799-1804)4. Coalitions and a Brief Peace (1795-1803)
5. Third Coalition (1804-1807)6. The Continental System (1806-1807)
7. Spain and Austria Fight Back (1807-1809)8. Napoleon’s Vast Empire (1809-1811)
9. German Nationalism and Romanticism Under French Rule10. Prussia in the Napoleonic Era
11. Napoleon’s Defeat (1810-1814)12. Congress of Vienna and the Hundred Days (1815)

Europe (1815-1848)

1. Europe (1815-1848) Brief Overview, Timeline, People, Terms, Events & Study Questions2. Europe (1815-1848) Overview
3. Britain’s Industrial Revolution (1780-1850)4. Metternich and his Congresses (1815-1822)
5. Metternich and his Congresses (1815-1822)6. Battling Ideologies (1815-1830)
7. Europe (1815-1848) Romanticism8. Europe Change in the 1830s (1827-1832)
9. Bourgeoisie and Chartism (1830s and 1840s)10. Europe 1848 Revolution: Paris
11. Europe 1848 Revolutions: The Austrian Empire12. Germany and Prussia in 1848

Europe (1848-1871)

1. Europe (1848-1871) Brief Overview, Timeline, People, Terms, Events & Study Questions2. Europe (1848-1871) Overview
3. The Revolutions of 18484. The Crimean War (1854-1855)
5. Italian Unification (1848-1870)6. German Unification (1850-1871)
8. The Second Empire in France (1852-1870)7. Europe (1848-1871) Victorian England
6. Europe “Reform” in Russia (1855-1881)10. Europe Civil War in the United States (1861-1865)
11. Europe New Ideas and Changing Assumptions in European Culture and Politics

Europe 1871-1914

1. Europe 1871-1914 Brief Overview, Timeline, People, Terms, Events & Study Questions2. Europe 1871-1914 Overview
3. Europe Political Change in Britain (1832-1900)4. Europe Politics in Germany (1871-1914)
5. The “Affairs” of the French Third Republic (1871-1914)6. Conservatism in Austria (1871-1914)
7. The Scramble for Africa (1876-1914)8. Conflict in Africa: the Boer War (1895-1902)
9. Imperialism in Asia (1830-1900)10. The Balance of Power in Europe (1871-1914)
11. Crises in the Balkans and the Road to Destruction (1874-1912)

The Russian Revolution (1917–1918)

1. Russian Revolution (1917–1918) Brief Overview, People, Terms & Study Questions2. Russian Revolution (1917–1918) A Century of Unrest
3. A Century of Unrest4. February Revolution
5. Lenin and the Bolsheviks6. Summer of 1917
7. October Revolution8. Aftermath

World War I (1914–1919)

1. World War I (1914–1919) Brief Overview, Key People, Terms & Study Questions, 2. World War I (1914–1919) Overview
3. Road to War4. Opening Moves
5. Germany’s Assault on France6. The War at Sea
7. War in the Air8. War in Near East
9. War of Attrition in Europe10. United States Enters the War
11. Russia Exits the War12. Endgame
13. Collapse of Central Powers

The Interwar Years (1919-1938)

1. Interwar Years (1919-1938) Brief Overview, Timeline, Events, Key People & Study Questions2. Interwar Years (1919-1938) Overview
3. Economics During the Inter-War Years (1919-1938)4. League of Nations (1920-1935)
5. Attempts at Reconciliation and Disarmament (1921-1930)6. The Soviet Union During the Inter-War Years (1924-1935)
7. Eastern Europe During the Inter-War Years (1919-1938)8. Italian Fascism during the Inter-War Years (1919-1938)
9. Britain During the Inter-War Years (1919-1938)10. France During the Inter-War Years (1919-1938)
11. Spanish Civil War (1931-1939)12. Nazi Germany (1919-1938)

World War II (1939–1945)

1. World War II (1939–1945) Brief Overview, People Terms & Study Questions2. World War II (1939–1945) Overview
3. Invasion of France4. Start of the War
5. Battle of Britain6. Italy and the Mediterranean
7. Invasion of Russia8. Japan and Pearl Harbor
9. The Nazis’ “Final Solution”10. Total War in the Pacific
11. Strengthening Alliance12. Southeast Asia
13. North Africa and Invasion of Italy14. German Retreat from Russia
15. Allied Invasion of France16. Fall of Germany
17. Fall of Japan
History of Europe / European History
History of Europe / European History

A Level, History of Europe, European History, CSS, PMS, Job Test Preparation,  tcanotes, TCA Notes, The Concept Academy Notes