Seán Lang, PhD, is the author of the bestselling British History For Dummies, now in its third edition. He is a senior university lecturer in history and has been teaching history to school, college and university students for more than two decades.

• Introduction 1Part I: Origins of a Continent 7Chapter 1: Not So Much a Continent, More a Way of Life 9Chapter 2: The Stone Age Rocks 19Part II: Europe of the Ancients 31Chapter 3: You’re Ancient History! 33Chapter 4: The Ups and Downs of the Roman Empire 49Part III: Middle Ages 63Chapter 5: Dancing in the Dark Ages 65Chapter 6: Gold, Murder, and Frankish Sense 79Chapter 7: Knock, Knock, Knocking Heads at Heaven’s Door 95Chapter 8: Don’t Call Us Medieval! 109Part IV: New Ideas, New Worlds 123Chapter 9: Back to the Future: The Renaissance 125Chapter 10: Reformation Ruckus 139Chapter 11: Mass and Massacre: The Wars of Religion 153Chapter 12: Tsar Wars 167Chapter 13: Absolute Power: The Sun King Rises 181Part V: Europe Rules the World 195Chapter 14: The (Almost) Irresistible Rise of France and Russia 197Chapter 15: Seeking Enlightenment 211Chapter 16: France Catches a Cold – and We’re All Still Sneezing 225Chapter 17: Grime Wave: Europe Gets Industrial 239Chapter 18: Building Nations 253Part VI: Europe Tears Itself in Two 267Chapter 19: Europe’s Age of Empire 269Chapter 20: The War to End All Wars – Doesn’t 283Chapter 21: Revolution in Russia 297Chapter 22: Europe Goes to Extremes 311Chapter 23: World War to Cold War 325Chapter 24: Eurovision 339Chapter 25: New Millennium: New Europe 351Part VII: The Part of Tens 365Chapter 26: Ten Europeans Who Dominated the Continent 367Chapter 27: Ten Days That Shook Europe – and the World 373Chapter 28: Ten Places (apart from Naples) to See Before You Die 379Chapter 29: Ten Things Europe (and the World) Could Have Done Without 385Index 391

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Seán Lang, PhD, is the author of the bestselling British History For Dummies, now in its third edition. He is a senior university lecturer in history and has been teaching history to school, college and university students for more than two decades.

• Introduction 1Part I: Origins of a Continent 7Chapter 1: Not So Much a Continent, More a Way of Life 9Chapter 2: The Stone Age Rocks 19Part II: Europe of the Ancients 31Chapter 3: You’re Ancient History! 33Chapter 4: The Ups and Downs of the Roman Empire 49Part III: Middle Ages 63Chapter 5: Dancing in the Dark Ages 65Chapter 6: Gold, Murder, and Frankish Sense 79Chapter 7: Knock, Knock, Knocking Heads at Heaven’s Door 95Chapter 8: Don’t Call Us Medieval! 109Part IV: New Ideas, New Worlds 123Chapter 9: Back to the Future: The Renaissance 125Chapter 10: Reformation Ruckus 139Chapter 11: Mass and Massacre: The Wars of Religion 153Chapter 12: Tsar Wars 167Chapter 13: Absolute Power: The Sun King Rises 181Part V: Europe Rules the World 195Chapter 14: The (Almost) Irresistible Rise of France and Russia 197Chapter 15: Seeking Enlightenment 211Chapter 16: France Catches a Cold – and We’re All Still Sneezing 225Chapter 17: Grime Wave: Europe Gets Industrial 239Chapter 18: Building Nations 253Part VI: Europe Tears Itself in Two 267Chapter 19: Europe’s Age of Empire 269Chapter 20: The War to End All Wars – Doesn’t 283Chapter 21: Revolution in Russia 297Chapter 22: Europe Goes to Extremes 311Chapter 23: World War to Cold War 325Chapter 24: Eurovision 339Chapter 25: New Millennium: New Europe 351Part VII: The Part of Tens 365Chapter 26: Ten Europeans Who Dominated the Continent 367Chapter 27: Ten Days That Shook Europe – and the World 373Chapter 28: Ten Places (apart from Naples) to See Before You Die 379Chapter 29: Ten Things Europe (and the World) Could Have Done Without 385Index 391

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Seán Lang, PhD, is the author of the bestselling British History For Dummies, now in its third edition. He is a senior university lecturer in history and has been teaching history to school, college and university students for more than two decades.

• Introduction 1Part I: Origins of a Continent 7Chapter 1: Not So Much a Continent, More a Way of Life 9Chapter 2: The Stone Age Rocks 19Part II: Europe of the Ancients 31Chapter 3: You’re Ancient History! 33Chapter 4: The Ups and Downs of the Roman Empire 49Part III: Middle Ages 63Chapter 5: Dancing in the Dark Ages 65Chapter 6: Gold, Murder, and Frankish Sense 79Chapter 7: Knock, Knock, Knocking Heads at Heaven’s Door 95Chapter 8: Don’t Call Us Medieval! 109Part IV: New Ideas, New Worlds 123Chapter 9: Back to the Future: The Renaissance 125Chapter 10: Reformation Ruckus 139Chapter 11: Mass and Massacre: The Wars of Religion 153Chapter 12: Tsar Wars 167Chapter 13: Absolute Power: The Sun King Rises 181Part V: Europe Rules the World 195Chapter 14: The (Almost) Irresistible Rise of France and Russia 197Chapter 15: Seeking Enlightenment 211Chapter 16: France Catches a Cold – and We’re All Still Sneezing 225Chapter 17: Grime Wave: Europe Gets Industrial 239Chapter 18: Building Nations 253Part VI: Europe Tears Itself in Two 267Chapter 19: Europe’s Age of Empire 269Chapter 20: The War to End All Wars – Doesn’t 283Chapter 21: Revolution in Russia 297Chapter 22: Europe Goes to Extremes 311Chapter 23: World War to Cold War 325Chapter 24: Eurovision 339Chapter 25: New Millennium: New Europe 351Part VII: The Part of Tens 365Chapter 26: Ten Europeans Who Dominated the Continent 367Chapter 27: Ten Days That Shook Europe – and the World 373Chapter 28: Ten Places (apart from Naples) to See Before You Die 379Chapter 29: Ten Things Europe (and the World) Could Have Done Without 385Index 391

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