Europe and the British Isles

The European Enlightenment
Extensive and attractive overview of 17th- and 18th-c. Europe.

The British Monarchy
Official site for the British Royal Family. Searchable site includes information on the history of the monarchy and members of the current family as well as a gallery of the Royal Collection, castle fact sheets, and information about accession, coronation and succession.

The Face of Russia
"Who are the Russian people? How have they expressed their character and inner conflicts in their art and culture? And, as Russia¹s long-awaited democracy develops, how will the Russian people redefine themselves culturally, spiritually, and politically?" Explore these questions and more through the site's timeline of Russian history and reference section, which includes a bibliography and a history of the Cyrillic alphabet.

Renaissance
This informative site focuses on the forces that drove this rebirth in Europe, and in Italy in particular.