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Holy Leagues of the 16th Century
Your Guide presents a series of short summaries covering the many holy leagues of the sixteenth century, including those of the Italian Wars and the anti-Ottoman coalitions.

World History: The Big Story
Frank Smitha's website covers the whole of world history from ancient times to today, including a lot of material on Europe. The site is divided up into five eras: ancient, 6th to 15th centuries, 16 to 19th centuries, 1901 to World War 2, 1946 to today.

The History Guide: Lectures on History
Steven Kreis has tutored at several universities and thanks to his generosity you can read his lectures online. There is a complete course on ancient and medievial history, the start of one on early modern history and other essays on modern topics.

Books on General European History
This page indexes bibliographic information on history books which cover Europe as either a geographical whole, or in units extending beyond single political or thematic boundaries.

European Borders: History Of Space/Space Of History
This complicated essay by J. Peter Burgess deals with the philosophy of history and historical thought, specifically, the extent to which 'Europe' has falsely defined our use of history and borders. This is for neither the beginner, nor most historians.

Modern History Sourcebook
This huge index is only a part of the magnificent Internet History Sourcebooks Project. The Modern History Sourcebook comprises a large selection of online texts, hosted either by the MHS itself or, via links, elsewhere. The material is divided by a mixture of subject, period and region, and ranges from excerpts to full books.

Project Gutenberg
This is one of the most famous Internet sites for online books, and rightly so. Access a vast range of simple text documents from FTP sites across the world, including literary classics and sources relating to European History.