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HISTORY: Research Guide

Search tips and resource suggestions for research in history.

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In this section, you'll find:

Resources for studying the history of Europe, including the
- Middle Ages
- Renaissance
- Elizabethan Era
- Protestant Reformation
- Napoleonic Era
- Industrial Revolution
- Cold War

European History by Time Period

Middle Ages

The New Cambridge Medieval History
Call Number: 940.1 N42
7 volumes.
Medieval France: An Encyclopedia
Call Number: REF 944 M468
The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages, 350-950
Call Number: 909.07 C1441
3 volumes.

The Renaissance

Encyclopedia of the Renaissance
Call Number: REF 940.21 B454e
The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance
Call Number: REF 940.2103 C152o

Elizabethan Era

Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World
Call Number: REF 942.055 W125h

Protestant Reformation

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Reformation
Call Number: REF 270.603 Ox2
4 volumes.
The Reformation
Call Number: 270.6 M139r

Napoleonic Era

The French Wars, 1792-1815
Call Number: ebook
A highly original and critical introduction to the revolutionary and Napoleonic conflicts.
Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon & the Congress of Vienna
Call Number: 940.27 Z149r

Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution: A History in Documents
Call Number: 330.9034 F841i
The Industrial Revolution in World History
Call Number: ebook and 338.09 St31i
The physical copy in the library is an older edition.

Cold War

Encyclopedia of the Cold War
Call Number: REF 909.82 Ar56e
Cold War Europe: The Politics of a Contested Continent
Call Number: 940.55 G374c