Blackwell Companions to European History

Drawing on the expertise of 26 distinguished scholars, this important volume covers the major issues in the study of medieval Europe, highlighting the significant impact the time period had on cultural forms and institutions central to European identity. • Examines changing approaches to the study of medieval Europe, its periodization, and central themes • Includes coverage of important questions such as identity and the self, sexuality and gender, emotionality and ethnicity, as well as more traditional topics such as economic and demographic expansion, kingship, and the rise of the West • Explores Europe's understanding of the wider world to place the study of the medieval society in a global context.

“A Companion to the French Revolution” comprises twenty-nine newly-written essays reassessing the origins, development, and impact of this great turning-point in modern history. • Examines the origins, development and impact of the French Revolution • Features original contributions from leading historians, including six essays translated from French. • Presents a wide-ranging overview of current historical debates on the revolution and future directions in scholarship • Gives equally thorough treatment to both causes and outcomes of the French Revolution

This Companion contains 31 essays by leading international scholars to provide an overview of the key debates on eighteenth-century Europe. • Examines the social, intellectual, economic, cultural, and political changes that took place throughout eighteenth-century Europe • Focuses on Europe while placing it within its international context • Considers not just major western European states, but also the often-neglected countries of eastern and northern Europe

This volume brings together a distinguished group of international scholars to discuss the major debates in the study of early twentieth-century Europe. • Brings together contributions from a distinguished group of international scholars. • Provides an overview of current thinking on the period. • Traces the great political, social and economic upheavals of the time. • Illuminates perennial themes, as well as new areas of enquiry. • Takes a pan-European approach, highlighting similarities and differences across nations and regions.

‘A Companion to Europe Since 1945” provides a stimulating guide to numerous important developments which have influenced the political, economic, social, and cultural character of Europe during and since the Cold War. • Includes 22 original essays by an international team of expert scholars • Examines the social, intellectual, economic, cultural, and political changes that took place throughout Europe in the Cold War and Post Cold War periods • Discusses a wide range of topics including the Single Market, European-American relations, family life and employment, globalization, consumption, political parties, European decolonization, European identity, security and defence policies, and Europe's fight against international terrorism • Presents Europe in a broad geographical conception, to give equal weighting to developments in the Eastern and Western European states