Course Description

Instructor: Michael McDavid, MA

At the end of World War I the political landscape of Europe had dramatically changed. Swept away by revolutions were the three great Central European empires: Germany, Russia, and Austria-Hungary. All the surviving monarchies would face new realities and a world vastly different from the pre-1914 era. The period between the world wars, 1919-1939, would be the “last hurrah� for some of the survivors and a time of difficult adjustment and change for the others. In the course we will look at many of the royal personalities of the time and the many challenges they faced in the brave new world of the twentieth century.