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| 100 | Philosophy |
| 180 | Ancient and medieval philosophy |
| 200 | Religion |
| 270 | Church history |
| 300 | Social Sciences |
| 320.9 | History of political thought |
| 330.9 | Economic history |
| 335 | History of Socialism |
| 340.09 | History of law |
| 370.09 | History of education |
| 390 | History of customs, folklore, etc. |
| 396.9 | Women's history |
| 500 | Science |
| 509 | History of sciences |
| 600 | Technology and applied science |
| 610.9 | History of medicine |
| 700 | Art in general |
| 701 | Theory of art |
| 704 | Iconography |
| 708 | Museums and galleries |
| 709 | History of art |
| 720 | Architecture |
| 730 | Sculpture |
| 740 | Drawing and decorative art |
| 741.9 | History of drawing |
| 750 | Painting |
| 759 | History of painting |
| 760 | Prints and printmaking |
| 770 | Photography |
| 900 | General history |
| 910 | Historical geography, history of explorations |
| 913 | Archaeology |
| 930 | Ancient history |
| 940 | World and European history |
| 941- 999 |
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Albigenses 274.48
American Civil War 973.7072
American Revolution 973.3
Ancient architecture 722
Anglo-Saxon England 942.012, 913.42
Architectural periods 722-724
Architecture of specific countries 720.9 …
Art, general by country 709.3 - .9
Austro-Hungarian Empire 943.604
Baroque architecture 724.19
Bede 271.1094281
British Empire 942.08
Byzantine Empire 949.5
Calvinism 284.2
Capetian France 942.021
Capitalism 330.15
Caricatures/Cartoons 741.5
Carolingians 944.01
Cathars 274.48
Cathedrals 726.6
Chartism 942.08
Christian art 704.9482
Churches 726.5
Cistercians 271.12
Cities and towns, Medieval 301.36094
Civil Rights Movement 323.173
Cold War 327.1
Conservative Party 329.942
Corn laws 337.4
Crusades 940.18
D-Day 940.5421
Domesday Book 942.021
Ecclesiastical architecture 726
Elizabeth I 942.055
European Union 337.914
Fascism 321.644
France, History 944
French Revolution 944.04
Germany, History 943
Gothic architecture 723.5
Gregory of Tours 944.01
Habsburg Empire 943.604
Hastings, Battle of 942.02
Hitler 943.086
Holocaust 940.5405
Hundred Year’s War 944.025
Immigrants – United States 325.73
Industrial Revolution 330.942
Italy, History 945
Islamic architecture 723.3
Labour Party 329.942
Landscape painting 758.1
London – History 942.1
Magna Carta 942.033
McCarthyism 973.918
MI5 351.7420942
Museology 069
Napoleon 944.05
Nature in art 704.943
New Deal 973.917
Nuremberg trials 341.41
Portraits 757
Prussia – History 943.1
Reformation 270.6
Religion in art 704.948
Romanesque architecture 723.4
Sculpture: history 732-735
Slavery – United States 326.973
Southern States – History 975
Stained glass 748.5
Stuarts 942.06
Third Reich 943.086
Thirty Years War 940.24
Unification of Italy 945.08
Venice – History 945.31
Versailles, Treaty of 940.3141
Vichy France 944.081
Victorian England 942.08
Vikings 948.02
World War, 1914-1918 940.3
World War, 1939-1945 940.531
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