Robert's European History Blog February 2007 Archive

Interested in the French Revolution? Start here with this 101: - the whole thing summarized on one page.

Lothar-Guenther Buchheim, a German art collector best known for Das Boot, his book about life on a Second World War submarine, has died.

This week the first Christian English king was born, the first Grand National horse race was run (in 1839) and there's even information about leap year events too.

Your Guide casts a critical eye over the new edition of Doyle’s excellent history of the French Revolution.

People are still able to find supposedly lost documents in the middle of known collections. This story explains how one such find has been made in York, shedding light on ... Read More

Michael Cook, editor of MercatorNet, has posted an interesting and thought provoking review of Norman Davis latest book. There is more information on the Second World War here.

Much of Britain was covered in snow this week, and The Times newspaper carried a tie-in story about a battle of the Napoleonic Wars which was partly decided by the ... Read More

Teachers of history have had to endure a long period of being sidelined by British politicians, but within the month new plans were unveiled to make the study of history ... Read More

'History' isn’t always about people, politics or wars. This quality review from American Scientist magazine covers two connected books – 'Creating the Twentieth Century' and 'Transforming the Twentieth Century' – ... Read More

This week students and locals rioted in medieval Oxford, King Henry VIII of England’s fifth wife was executed, Galileo was born and more.

No event in history has changed so many lives so much as the Industrial Revolution, but what was it and when did it occur? Find out in this overview.

Archaeologists have discovered the village where they believe the builders of Stonehenge lived and, as befits something connected to the large and famous landmark, it’s a big village: the biggest ... Read More

If you spend much time reading about the Roman Empire you’ll come across many legends, but one in particular made the news this week. According to the myth, a unit ... Read More