I'm not an expert on the issue so the question might sound nonsensical to some, but the Watergate scandal is one of the most important events in US history and I would like to better understand Nixon's reasoning behind the break in.

I can only assume that events like the Congo Free State had an effect but I am unsure how much of an impact imperialism had. I would love to hear anyones input on this.

I'm mainly interested in the European geopolitical situation in that timeframe.

How the new balance of power created by Bismarck worked and evolved following the Franco-Prussian war (and how it changed after Bismarck was let go), the constantly shifting alliances (and the reasons behind the formation and breaking of said alliances), post-Bismarck Germany in general (I remember learning somewhere, I think The Great War channel on YouTube, that Berlin had surpassed even London as an intellectual/innovative hub); are all things I'm interested in.

I remember learning about the alliances thing back in my high school world history class, and I remember being really intrigued. Don't remember more than that though, unfortunately.

I've loved the books you guys have recommended in the past; particularly Bismarck: A life by Jonathan Steinberg, and The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk.

For instance, the Greek word ψυχή is always transliterated into English as "Psyche", which is completely wrong, if one pronounces it as the English letters are pronounced. Yes, the Greek uppercase is Υ, which looks exactly like the English uppercase "Y", but the Greek letter is always pronounced u and ψυχή should be pronounced "psuche". How did this odd mistake come about and why has it persevered for so long, even in scholarship.

Or am I spotting a pattern that doesn't actually exist?

Were officers with actual combat experience seen as better officers? Did they get more promotion faster? Were they treated badly due to perceived foreign allegiance? Were volunteers of Continuation war treated differently?

My friend mentioned that his grandpa's brother was a tiger tank gunner in Kursk. And I really want to find his grandad's friend. He said his father died after trying to save his crewmen from the burning tiger. Thank you in advance!

Say you have a raiding party from modern day Denmark raiding in England, and they meet another Viking raiding party from Norway, would they be able to understand each other? Did they see each other as kinsmen, and recognize they were on the same "side"? Were they culturally similar - gods, language etc - or would they have been so different that they didn't recognize each other as being from a similar place?

Hello! I hope everyone's day is going well!

I am researching an ancestor and I need to know which soldiers were positioned in Château du Bois-Robin in Aumale, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France during the First World War, more specifically around the July/August in 1915.

Now for the full story, to make things more clear:

In my family, there was always a well-known fact that my great-grandfather (let's call him Lou) was assigned his last name of a later husband of his mother.

Due to a second lockdown, I decided to do some research to find out who is the real father of my great-grandfather. I already know some details. Today I found a birth certificate of the French town he was born in, stating the identity of his "parents" and the hour of birth + location. However, those parents are the parents of his mother, my great-great-grandmother, suggesting that she asked her parents to register Lou as their child because the real father was out of the picture at the time. Now, Lou was born in the middle of the Great War (April 1916), and the birth location is a castle (Château du Bois-Robin in Aumale, France) in the town he was born in, so maybe I could assume Lou's mother lived inside that castle.

I'm also assuming soldiers were stationed in that castle, so maybe Lou's father was to be a soldier?

Now, my question is: how would I go about finding out who the lord of that castle was, and which troops were stationed in that castle? I tried googling the castle (even in French), and I can't find anything on it except postcards without any information responding to my questions.

Thanks for your help in advance fellow Redditors!

I'm interested in this subject and I want to know more about it in more detail including

• Latin becoming the only surviving Italic language.

• How Vulgar Latin split off from Classical Latin.

• How Church Latin is different to Classical Latin.

• How close today's Romance languages are to Vulgar Latin, including the minor languages such as Catalan and Sardinian.

• I understand that French and Spanish both developed from Vulgar Latin, but even though I don't speak either language, how is it that I can tell the languages apart, just by looking at the writing.

I have an old house built in 1912. I have access to all the permits through the city and the water main line was installed the year it was built, but the sewer line was not put in until the 1939! So I am wondering what the bathroom/kitchen situation would be like? I imagine for a kitchen sink they would have a large basin that they could fill up with water but they would have to drain it into a bucket to dump outside? How would the bathroom work? There must have been an out house? This is a craftsman bungalow in a residential area. I love old houses and am just interested in picturing how they lived.

What was the main barrier to acceptance by the scientific community of Galileo's heliocentrism?

It cant just be technological limitations right?

I would say this counts for this sub because 1) I am looking for a social & media analysis of popular culture 2) it appears that her prime hypersexualization was in 1999, which was over 20 years ago.

I was only a child during this period, so I don’t have memory of any public discourse about her. However, looking back at the era (and especially how it has severely impacted her as an adult), I can’t imagine how things like her April 1999 Rolling Stone cover and the countdowns to her 18th birthday were able to fly without people being uncomfortable with it. I suppose I was wondering if, at the time, there were enough people/media outlets who understood how gross and harmful it was to her and other teenage girls at the time, without blaming her or degrading her for it. I would also be interested in knowing if these narratives were more feminist or conservative in nature, since I can see both sides making arguments about it.

Hey guys, I’m trying to find books that will help bolster my understanding of Western Europe on the eve of the first crusade. I haven’t done much reading so far, but here is a list of books I’ve read that touch on this topic:

The First Crusade (Asbridge) The Origin of the Idea of Crusade (Erdmann)* The First Crusade (Frankopan)

Books I’m considering reading:

Dominion of God (Whalen) War and the making of Medieval Monastic Culture (Smith) Armies of Heaven (Rubenstein)

Something that I feel is really missing from my cursory knowledge of this period is the rise of Western Europe after the fall of Rome. I’ve attempted reading The Inheritance of Rome (Wickham) and have gotten through the first 100 pages or so but I’m wondering if it’s a bit too advanced, I feel as though I’m not really taking in all of the information in it.

Do you guys have any book recommendations to help edify my knowledge of the following areas in the 11th century?:

Area of modern France Italy Normans Holy Roman Empire *anything else you think may be useful in understanding the first crusade

Before the unification of Sweden, the Geats were politically independent of the Swedes.

When did they begin to perceive themselves as one united people and why was it that they ultimately begin to see themselves as Swedes rather than a combination of both cultures?

Lastly, do Scanians see themselves as Swedes (ethnically not nationality-wise)?

Do they have more in common with Swedes or Danes?

Were any learning institutions still open in territories occupied by Nazi germany? If so were their any major changes in the curriculum taught under Nazi rule?

I was reading a bit of the Song of Roland, and was confused by the fact that the poem seemed to connect Islam to the Greek gods. I also remember hearing that Byzantine sources even a hundred years after the initial invasion were confused as to what Islam was.

I’ve just sat through another lecture on contemporary income inequality. My professor says that we are living in an era of unparalleled inequality. However, I can’t help thinking about the enormous estates of wealthy 19th century landowners portrayed in contemporary media (I’m thinking Downton Abbey, Emma, Pride and Prejudice), as well as the displacement of rural peoples through the enclosures act.

I’m asking about 19th century England because I know quite a bit about it’s history, however I think this general idea could apply to lots of places and times. Everyone says that income inequality is greater than it has ever been, but how come the (Western) rich don’t seem as rich, and the (Western) poor don’t seem as poor?