The Complete Idiot's Guide to European History

A 700-year odyssey from Italy's boot to Switzerland's Alps.

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.

Nathan Barber teaches AP European History at Vanguard College Preparatory School in Waco, TX, where he maintains a website for students and educators. Barber has written eight educational books and four classroom workbooks and has published one novel of historical fiction. In January 2005, he was named Distinguished Young Alumnus of the Year by William Carey College.