Continental Europe 1870-Present

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Contents 1 Lectures 1.1 Michaelmas Term 1.2 Hilary Term 1.3 Trinity Term 1.4 Guest Lectures 2 Tutorial Work 3 Tutorial Assignments 4 Essays 4.1 Yugoslavia 4.2 Tsarist Russia 4.3 French Third Republic 4.4 Vichy France 4.5 Fascist Italy 4.6 Imperialism 4.7 Economic Change 5 Past Papers

Lectures

Michaelmas Term

• Introduction
• Franco-Prussian War
• France 1870-1890s
• France 1890s-early 1900s
• Germany, politics of conservatism, 1870-1890s
• Germany, 1890-1914, polycratic rule and the opposition
• The European economy, 1870-1914
• Social and cultural change, part I
• Causes of the First World War
• Russia from reform to revolution, 1861-1905
• Russia from revolution to war, 1905-1914
• Social and cultural change, part II
• Italy 1890-1915: Liberal clientelism
• National communities, political culture, and the critique of liberal democracy
• Europe and imperialism
• The "Great War", 1914-18, part I
• The "Great War", 1914-18, part II

Hilary Term

Trinity Term

Guest Lectures

• Fascism in Italy 1919-1943, by Professor Richard Bosworth

Tutorial Work

To be added

Tutorial Assignments

• Assignment

submitted by Justin Hall - 65%

• Vichy Assignment

submitted by Christina McSorley - 68%

• Imperialism Assignment

submitted by Felix Sherrington-Kendall - 68%

Essays

Yugoslavia

• How would you explain the breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990's?

submitted by Shane Farrel - ?%

• How would you explain the break up of Yugoslavia in the 1990s?

submitted by Conor McCann - 74%

Tsarist Russia

• What did the Tsarist regime learn from the experience of 1905?

submitted by Stephen Peirce - 54%

• What did the Tsarist regime learn from the 1905 revolution?

submitted by William Quill - 58%

• What did the Tsarist regime learn from the experience of 1905?

submitted by Ben Rodger - 63%

French Third Republic

• What did the figure of Jean Jaures show about the tensions in French politics after the Dreyfus affair, 1902–1914?

submitted by Danny Quinn - 64%

Vichy France

• Who Supported the Vichy government in France between 1940 and 1944, and why?

submitted by Caer Nic Gabhann - 1

Fascist Italy

• Who supported the fascist regime in Italy between 1922 and 1943/45, and why?

submitted by Angela Kierans - 60%

• Who supported the Fascist Regime in Italy between 1922 and 1943/45, and why?

submitted by Barbara O'Kelly - 68%

Imperialism

• Why did the European powers seek to establish or expand their empires between 1870 and 1923?

submitted by Laura Buttigieg - 55%

Economic Change

• Explain how and why the pace and nature of economic growth differed between the major countries of Continental Europe in the period 1870

submitted by Felix Sherrington-Kendall - 62%

Past Papers

This is a very loose breakdown of which topics have come up over the previous years. Potentially contains errors and plenty of questions open to wide interpretation, but might prove useful for guessing topics: download here.

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