Routledge Studies in Modern European History
About the Book Series
This path-breaking series examines particular events, movements and people involved in the making of contemporary Europe. Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries has presented diverse maps of division and union, conflict, peace and revolution across shifting national and racial boundaries. The volumes in this series aim to re-frame the history of the continent and its place in the world as the millennium.
The Greek War of Independence: Comparative and Transhistorical Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Constantine Arvanitopoulos, Panagiotis Roilos
October 23, 2026
The Greek War of Independence brings together papers from an international conference on the Greek Revolution of 1821, held at Harvard University and the Fletcher School at Tufts University in September 2021. The Greek Revolution marked a pivotal moment in European history: it catalyzed the birth ...
The Euro-Russian Entente: Brussels and Moscow between Convergence and Divergence (1985–1999)
1st Edition
Edited
By Elena Dundovich, Simone Paoli
October 05, 2026
This book explores the origins, evolution, and limits of the “Euro-Russian entente” in the crucial transition period from perestroika to the consolidation of the Russian Federation, and from the European Single Market project to the emergence of the European Union. Drawing on extensive archival ...
Beyond Wars and Cartels: Competition Law and the Reconstruction of Europe
1st Edition
By Thomas F. Remington
September 22, 2026
This book argues that the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951 solved the historic French-German conflict over control of the coal deposits of the Ruhr valley. The product of a political bargain among the United States, France, and Germany, the treaty of Paris introduced radical new rules into...
History of the Communist Party of Cyprus, 1923–1944: The Dawn of the Cypriot Communist Movement
1st Edition
By Spyros Sakellaropoulos, Alexis Alecou
August 10, 2026
This book traces the historical trajectory of the Communist Party of Cyprus (CPC) from its first public appearance through the newspaper Pyrsos in November 1923 to its informal dissolution at the 5th Congress in November 1944. Drawing on extensive primary sources—many previously inaccessible or ...
The Cult of the Supreme Being and the Pursuit of a Republic of Virtue in the French Revolution
1st Edition
By John Whitworth
August 05, 2026
The Cult of the Supreme Being and the Pursuit of a Republic of Virtue in the French Revolution analyses one of several concentric themes in the context of the rapidly evolving political situation of 1793-1794, as well as dechristianisation, the décadaire cult and the Cult of Reason. In virtual form...
The Politics, Memory, and Commemoration of the Postwar Camps for Germans in Poland (1945-1949): Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence
1st Edition
Edited
By Piotr Madajczyk, Magdalena Lemańczyk, Paweł Popielinski
July 28, 2026
This book offers the first systematic comparative analysis of memory politics concerning post-war camps in Poland for the German population (and those classified as German). It examines how this difficult past has been framed, instrumentalised, and negotiated in Poland and Germany across changing ...
British Forces in Germany: A Transnational History of Soldiers, Families, and German Communities, 1945–2019
1st Edition
By Bettina Blum
July 27, 2026
From the end of World War II in 1945 until the drawdown in 2019, about two million British military personnel and their families were stationed in northwestern Germany. This book explores the social, cultural and political impact of this presence on both the military and the host communities. ...
In Search of Romanian Jewry Before, During, and After the Holocaust
1st Edition
Edited
By Sylvia Hershcovitz, Judith Tydor Baumel-Schwartz
July 27, 2026
Scholarship about Romania and the Holocaust has slowly developed over the eight decades since the end of the Second World War, but there are many aspects that demand further investigation. Examples are studies dealing with gender, art, memorialization, literature, identity, and personal/...
A Modern History of Andorra: Autonomy in the Pyrenean Borderlands
1st Edition
By Martyn Lyons
July 20, 2026
This book examines the fascinating survival of Andorra, one of Europe's micro-states nestled between France and Spain. Despite its medieval institutional framework, Andorra endured into the late 20th century without an army, police, currency, or customs barriers. The book uncovers how Andorra ...
Britain and Ireland from the Treaty to the Troubles: Independence and Interdependence, c. 1921-1973
1st Edition
By Richard Carr
July 20, 2026
Using extensive and fresh archival material, this book places the relationship between the United Kingdom and Ireland after 1921 in a new light, encouraging us to rethink the dominant narrative of conflict and strife. While the work does not shy away from the clear points of dispute, it contends ...
Building Europe Through Education, Building Education Through Europe: Actors, Spaces and Pedagogies in a Historical Perspective
1st Edition
Edited
By Raphaëlle Ruppen Coutaz, Simone Paoli
July 20, 2026
This edited volume explores the role of education in the process of European cooperation and integration as it has been conceived and realized in the late 20th century and the early 21st century, as well as the mirror of this narrative: the effects of the European integration process on education. ...
Discussing Pax Germanica: The Rise and Limits of German Hegemony in European Integration
1st Edition
Edited
By Emmanuel Comte, Fernando Guirao
July 20, 2026
Discussing Pax Germanica: The Rise and Limits of German Hegemony in European Integration examines and reconsiders Germany’s paramount role in shaping European integration from the aftermath of World War II to the present. This volume meticulously explores the ascendancy of Germany to a dominant ...