People / Places

By Robert Wilde, About.com Guide to European History

For all the theoretical tools and –isms at the historian's disposal, which help us get a clearer picture of what happened, it is perhaps the stories of people and the places they lived in which capture the popular imagination the most.

1. People
2. Countries
3. Peoples of Europe
4. Lists of Monarchs / Rulers
5. Locations

People

Biographies and resources on famous and infamous individuals.

• Antoinette, Marie
• Elizabeth Bathory
• Bede
• Bonaparte, Napoleon
• Catherine the Great
• Elizabeth I of England

• Henry V of England
• Henry VIII of England
• Hitler, Adolf
• Jack the Ripper
• Victoria I of Britain
• More People

Countries

The history of the lands and peoples of Europe, as defined by the modern nation states (e.g. history of Britain, France, Russia).

• Austria Hungary
• Czech Slovak Lands
• Europe as a Whole
• France
• Germany and Prussia
• Italy and the City States
• Low Countries
• Poland

• Portugal
• Russia and Ukraine
• Scandinavia
• Spain
• Switzerland
• Turkey and the Balkans (Ottoman Empire)
• UK and Ireland

Peoples of Europe

Resources on the peoples – some might say 'races' - of Europe, including those lost to the past (e.g. Celts, Normans) and those frequently in the news (e.g. Basques).

• Basques
• Celts
• Cossacks

• Germanic Peoples
• The Normans
• The Vikings

Lists of Monarchs / Rulers

Chronological lists of the people who have ruled each country, empire or religion, with the dates of said responsibility

• Monarchs / Rulers
• Popes

Locations

We often think of history as just being about people, but places can have histories just as complicated and fascinating.

• The Tower of London
• Stonehenge