The ''Penguin History of Europe'' is a popular

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history of Europe The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early Euro ...

, published by

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. The series includes: # ''The Birth of Classical Europe: A History from Troy to Augustine'' (2011) by

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# '' The Inheritance of Rome: Europe 400–1000'' (2010) by

Chris Wickham Christopher John Wickham (born 18 May 1950) is a British historian and academic. From 2005 to 2016, he was the Chichele Professor of Medieval History at the University of Oxford and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford; he is now emeritus profe ...

# ''Europe in the High Middle Ages'' (2004) by

William Chester Jordan William Chester Jordan (born April 7, 1948) is an American medievalist who serves as the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton University; he is a recipient of the Haskins Medal for his work concerning the Great Famine of 1315–131 ...

# ''Renaissance Europe'' (Forthcoming) by

Anthony Grafton Anthony Thomas Grafton (born May 21, 1950) is an American historian of early modern Europe and the Henry Putnam University Professor of History at Princeton University, where he is also the Director the Program in European Cultural Studies. He i ...

# ''Christendom Destroyed: Europe 1517–1648'' (2015) by Mark Greengrass # '' The Pursuit of Glory: Europe 1648–1815'' (2008) by

Tim Blanning Timothy Charles William Blanning (born 21 April 1942) is an English historian who served as Professor of Modern European History at the University of Cambridge from 1992 to 2009. Career Timothy Charles William Blanning attended the King's Sch ...

# ''The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815–1914'' (2017) by

Richard J. Evans Sir Richard John Evans (born 29 September 1947) is a British historian of 19th- and 20th-century Europe with a focus on Germany. He is the author of eighteen books, including his three-volume '' The Third Reich Trilogy'' (2003–2008). Evans was ...

# '' To Hell and Back: Europe 1914–1949'' (2015) by

Ian Kershaw Sir Ian Kershaw (born 29 April 1943) is an English historian whose work has chiefly focused on the social history of 20th-century Germany. He is regarded by many as one of the world's foremost experts on Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany, and is ...

# ''The Global Age: Europe 1950–2017'' (2020) by

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Series of history books Penguin Books book series History books about Europe {{Italic title

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