Barber Nathan. The Complete Idiot's Guide to European History. Understand the People, Politics, and Conflicts That Shaped a Continent

2nd Edition. — Alpha, 2011. — 464 p. — ISBN10: 161564122X; ISBN13: 978-1615641222.Without an understanding of events and personalities in Europe, it’s impossible to truly appreciate the development of contemporary institutions, the role of continuity and change in present-day society and politics, and the evolution of current forms of artistic and intellectual expressions. This guide provides a fascinating, easy-to-understand, fact-filled glimpse of hundreds of years of European cultural, economic, political, and social history.