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History of Germany: Religion and War

You might claim that the final Fall of Rome in Western Europe came in the 16th century with the division of Western Christianity between...

Is Education only for the young?

Of course, to an Adult Educator like myself, the answer is so obvious it really doesn't need to be spelt out. But in Britain, listening...

MAGNA CARTA (1215) - The very basis of our democracy

Whilst helping my 10 year old grandson with his homework, I discovered there was no suitable book in print available for children on the...

SHORT BOOKLIST ON GENERAL GERMAN HISTORY

A Concise History of Germany Mary Fulbrook A Brief History of Germany Jeremy Black The Shortest History of Germany James...

HISTORY OF GERMANY - An Introduction

Most people's interest in German history probably begins at the time of The Napoleonic Wars in the early part of the 19th century. But,...

Romania: A Short Booklist for 1920 to Present Day

A Concise History of Romania Keith Hitchens (A history from earliest times) The Green Shirts and the Others Nicholas Nagy-Talavera...

ROMANIA: 1920-2020

The First World War was an event whose ripples reach out to us over a century after it ended. The war saw the collapse of three empires:...

Multum in Parvo: Much in Little - Some Byways in History

King Charles III I can't be the only person in Britain - monarchist though I am - who felt just a little sad that the King chose Charles...

ROMANIA: Origins of The Modern State. Part One

To decide where the modern story of Romania begins is very much an individual choice. Some would take the European Year of...

ALBANIA: A Modern History of Nationhood

A European country which other Europeans still know little of. Over the centuries many different peoples and Polities controlled...

FRANCE REBORN: 1944 - Present Day

France faced a number of serious problems after Liberation in 1944/45. First and foremost was the necessity of forming a democratic...

A Short Booklist on The British Mandate in Palestine

SPECIFIC One Palestine Complete Tom Segev Gaza Jean-Pierre Filiu The Partition of the British Mandate of Palestine Charles...

Occupied France: The Dark Years 1940-44

Following the period of 'The Phoney War' from September 1939 until May 1940, it took little more than a month for what Churchill called...

Answers to Season's Quiz (in blog below)

A. Assassinations Ford's William II Delft Darnley Lake Geneva Spencer Perceval B. Weather Towton Inkerman Russia The Armada Nathaneal...

Season's Annual History and Other Quiz. Just for fun.

A. Assassinations In what theatre was Lincoln assassinated? Which English King was (probably) assassinated in The New Forest? In which...

France: A Further list of books of interest

La Vie en Bleu (France from 1900) Rod Kedward The War that ended Peace (general lead up to WW1) Margaret MacMillan The Week France...

JW3: Au Revoir

For all my students past and present who came to my lectures at LJCC and then subsequently to JW3. There wasn't a proper opportunity of...

Cows, Cats, and Canaries - JW3 talk this Friday

Our close contact with the Animal World Churchill and Pets Introduction to domestic farm animals and pets Cows A Case Study Aurochs Oxen...

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