NHD 2017: Taking a Stand – European History Topic Ideas

Last Updated on October 11, 2020

These curated resource lists coincide with the order of the topic ideas listed in the NHD 2017 theme sample topics list. The links lead to resources accessed from the Library of Congress (LOC.gov) unless otherwise noted. Note: historic newspaper coverage is from 1789-1922. For additional European history resources and primary sources, we suggest European History Primary Sources, EuroDocs: Online Sources for European History, The European Library and EU screen.

Taking a Stand at Bosworth Field: Henry Tudor’s Triumph

• Battle of Bosworth Field Encyclopaedia Britannica
• Bosworth Field 15th-century sources British History Online
• Henry VII 15th-century sources British History Online
• After the Fall of Richard the III: Vengeance and the Alteration of History In Custodia Legis blog March 7, 2013
• The Early Tudors. Henry VII.: Henry VIII 1899
• Bacon’s History of the Reign of King Henry VII [1621] 1901
• The Houses of Lancaster and York, with the conquest and loss of France … with five maps 1875
• Henry VII prints New York Public Library
• Richard the Third (Battle of Bosworth Field) 1811
• Knights, some on horseback, in hand-to-hand combat 1489 engraving
• THE Welſh-Mens GLORY, OR, The Famous Victories of the Antient BRITANS Obtain’d upon St. DAVID’s Day 1683 National Library of Scotland
• Guide to Online Primary Sources: England / United Kingdom UC San Diego

Galileo’s Stand Against the Church

• Galileo resources
• Galileo Portal Museo Galileo

Standing Up to the Little Corporal: The Duke of Wellington’s Win at Waterloo

• The Battle of Waterloo Library of Congress blog June 18, 2015
• Duke of Wellington Dispatches from Waterloo (book chapter)
• A visit to Flanders, in July, 1815: being chiefly an account of the field of Waterloo 1816
• The Battle of Waterloo sheet music
• Battle of Waterloo: June 18th 1815 Currier & Ives
• The general out-generalled, or, first come, first served 1808 political cartoon
• The life of the most noble Arthur, marquis and earl of Wellington 1814
• Wellington; a poem. In three cantos. With notes, biographical and explanatory 1814
• Characteristics of the Duke of Wellington 1853
• Wellington, soldier and statesman, and the revival of the military power of England 1904

Kilmainham Gaol and Ireland’s Fight for Home Rule

• Sic ’em! 1881 political cartoon
• “Famous Political Prison to Close” The Times Dispatch. (Richmond, Va.), 13 March 1910
• Home Rule Map of Ireland 1893 map
• Home rule for Ireland evermore 1876 sheet music
• Home rule for old Ireland 1878 sheet music
• Ireland home rule historic U.S. newspaper coverage
• Books related to Irish home rule

Standing Against the Enemy: Sir Francis Drake at Cadiz

• Sir Francis Drake (Kraus Collection) includes timeline
• Map and views illustrating Sir Francis Drake’s West Indian voyage, 1585-6
• Sir Francis Drake portrait
• Sir Francis Drake’s House
• Sir Francis Drake 1907

Standing Against the War: Siegfried Sassoon’s Use of Pacifist Poetry

• Siegfried Sassoon historic U.S. newspaper coverage
• Using Poetry to Teach the Importance of Word Choice: Part II From the Catbird Seat blog February 25, 2015

Martin Luther: The Stand That Started the Reformation

The Easter Uprising: Taking a Stand for Freedom

• Topics in Chronicling America – Easter Rising 1916
• Ireland revolt 1916 historic U.S. newspaper coverage
• Ireland revolution 1916 historic U.S. newspaper coverage

A King Stands for Unity: King Henry IV and the Edict of Nantes

• Henry IV 14th-century sources British History Online
• Henry IV 15th-century sources British History Online
• Edict of Nantes sources British History Online

Lech Wałęsa’s Stand for Workers’ Rights: The Establishment of the Gdansk Agreement

• U.S. diplomat oral history interviews mentioning Lech Wałęsa
• U.S. legislation related to Lech Wałęsa
• Gdansk Agreement: Poland country study

The Pope Versus a King: Henry VIII’s Stand Against the Catholic Church

• Bill Nye’s History of England from the Druids to the Reign of Henry VIII 1899 (includes illustrations)
• The Early Tudors. Henry VII.: Henry VIII 1899
• The Youth of Henry VIII; a Narrative in Contemporary Letters 1913
• The Life of Cardinal Wolsey 1827
• Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn at Cardinal Wolsey’s print of painting
• Henry VIII & Pope Clement VII 16th-century sources British History Online

More resources

• NHD 2017  U.S. History Topic Ideas Part I
• NHD 2017  U.S. History Topic Ideas Part II
• NHD 2017 European History Topic Ideas Part II
• NHD 2017: World History Topic Ideas
• NHD 2017: World History Topic Ideas Part II
• NHD 2017: Selecting a Topic for a History Project