Readings in European History

Readings in Italian History is my orientation page to some very disparate resources, most of them art history or the local history of small places: but first among them, Thomas Hodgkin's 8‑volume masterwork, Italy and Her Invaders.

[ 9/21/24: 337 webpages, including 8 complete books
— 6778 pages of print, 335 photos, 4 maps and plans,
96 other images ]

Readings in British History is my orientation page to a large number of equally disparate resources: a section on Roman Britain (including 4 complete books); a general survey of Celtic Britain; a book on a little-known Stuart pretender; a large section on the British settlement of Tristan da Cunha; two books on aspects of Britain's World War II history; material on English cathedrals; links to specifically British items elsewhere on site, as in the history of Canada and of the United States.

[ 12/11/20: 222 webpages, including 12 complete books:
— 3027 pages of print, 65 photos, 107 maps,
200 other images ]

The History of Ukraine is represented onsite by a good collection of authoritative books: from the earliest times thru World War II and into its postwar Soviet era. Three of the books, including a little life of Taras Shevchenko and a massive work on Ukrainian historiography, are by one of Ukraine's best-known historians. The others are by other Ukrainian historians, a noted American Slavic scholar, a United States congressional subcommittee, and a 17c Ukrainian rabbi.

[ 4/7/25: 221 webpages, including 11 complete books
— 2442 pages of print, 7 photos, 26 maps, 25 other images ]

Readings in French History include Royal Memoirs on the French Revolution; Ernest John Knapton's 1963 biography of Empress Josephine; a section with several books on France at War (in the 20c); and finally a few excerpts from the Souvenirs of the Marquise de Créquy (1710?‑1803). Several hundred more pages of material on the Romans on the Riviera, the Norman history of Sicily, and French colonial and diplomatic ventures in the Americas.

[ 6/17/21: 125 webpages, including 9 complete books
— 2556 pages of print, 26 photos, 16 maps, 15 other images ]

For now, the History of Lithuania is represented onsite (mostly) by two books. One of them, however, is a comprehensive survey from the earliest historical times thru the uncertainty at the end of World War II when the book was written. I do plan to continue adding to this subsite: stay tuned.

[ 67 webpages, including 2 complete books:
— 633 pages of print, 43 photos, 10 maps, 25 other images ]

Readings in Dutch History collects journal articles on Dutch maritime power and the 1667 invasion of England; an additional 50 webpages, 1235 pages of print, fall primarily under the history of the United States or of Brazil.

[ 2/13/14: 12 webpages
— 223 pages of print, 18 photos, 2 maps ]