European History

Sub-headings:

Prehistoric Europe

Europe before civilization or writing; also, the preliterate civilizations of Northern Europe prior to their colonization by the Romans or their successors.

Antiquity

History of the Near East and the Mediterranean world, including Egypt, prior to the concept of Europe as distinct from Africa and Asia (which arose in the fourth or fifth century AD).

Middle Ages (Medieval)

Renaissance

World War I

World War II

Resources in this category:

Ancient Order of Hibernians in America
http://www.aoh.com/

"An Irish-American organization that promotes Irish Culture." Website contains information about the organization and about various aspects of Irish history and culture.

Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies
http://depts.washington.edu/aabs/

"The Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies, Inc., is an international educational and scholarly non profit organization. The purpose of the Association is the promotion of research and education in Baltic Studies."

Demeure Historique
http://WWW.Demeure-Historique.org/

Demeure Historique is an organization comprised mainly of French castle owners who devote considerable resources to the preservation of over 3500 castles. From this web site, you can view some of these web sites, become a member of the organization, as either a castle owner or friend. The web site includes an archive of the organization's quarterly magazine, Demeure Historique.

Elvegrimarne
http://www.elvegrimarne.org/

"This Swedish association was created to bring together people intrested in the viking age and it's culture." This association has pictures of viking clothes, history of the vikings, and links to other viking information pages.

German Studies Association
https://thegsa.org/

"The German Studies Association is the multi- and interdisciplinary association of scholars in German, Austrian, and Swiss history, literature, culture studies, and political science. GSA holds an annual Conference and publishes a scholarly journal -- German Studies Review -- as well as a Newsletter. Members are generally professors at universities or colleges in North America, although membership is also open to scholars around the world and there are several hundred members in Europe and Asia." The GSA home page contains links to membership, officers and executives, German Studies Review submissions, the current GSA conference, curriculum guidelines and others under construction (i.e. articles and books and German in America)

Irish Genealogical Society-International
http://www.rootsweb.com/~irish/

"A non-profit organization dedicated to the study and advancement of genealogy in Ireland, North and South, and around the world." Website includes items of interest to Irish genealogists, including church records, census substitutes, cemetary lists, and Irish surname info.

Society for Creative Anachronism
http://www.sca.org/

"An international organization dedicated to researching and re-creating pre-17th-century European history. There are lots of people in all fields in the SCA--historians, writers, secretaries, law enforcement personnel, teachers, programmers, insurance agents--the appeal of the SCA is widespread." This site provides links to local groups, member services, events, heraldry and miscellany.