Did the French sculptors plan for it to turn green over time or did they expect it to be polished often?

I've recently finished watching the last kingdom on netflix and most characters even the christian ones have names like "whitgar, Uhtred, Ethelfled, Ethelstan,etc. " these name ssound like they're out of beowulf but if you look now at england these names are non existent and most people have the names we now know like john, chris, mark, etc. Is this because of the Norman conquest? Or is this simply due to the passage of time and the changing of language?

Many movies about the court lifestyle of 17th and 18th-century kings and queens and their courtiers, I sometimes see some scene indicating that Paris was the origin of many fashion trends in Europe? Why did people see Paris that way and why didn't some fashion industry or trends started more often in the UK, Prussia, or Wien?
Or is this just simplification by the movie director and Paris wasn't that important in the fashion sphere?

Hi, I'm currently looking to try to better understand the history of the Soviet Navy, and particularly it's early days following the October revolution though to the end of the civil war. I've especially struggled with finding any resources on this period, but really there seems to be a dearth of content for the entire interwar period for the Soviet Navy with it only starting to become more commonly written about when you get to the cold war era.

If anyone has any recommendations on this, it would be incredibly helpful?

I came to the conclusion that must have been curtain rules prohibiting types of wood because some wood is way less fragile then others and will give your opponent a unfair advantage. My question is what type of wood must have been?

I've always wondered why the Japanese did not invade the Soviets. As an axis power, couldn't they have invaded eastern Russia while the Germans invade the west and make it a two front invasion? Can anyone shed any light on this?

How was the life of the russian minoritie groups like the chechens, the Komis,the Yakuts,the Tatars,the Chuvashes, the Ingushes,the Tuvan and other minorities durring the USSR?

were they oppressed?

or were they treated equally like in a communist ideal society?

What piqued my interest in this topic is that awhile ago I went to a Hokusai exhibit, and they featured extensive works not only by himself but his daughter, who became a successful artist in her own right in 19th century Japan.

I then saw "Portrait of a Lady on Fire," in which the artist protagonist is also described as the daughter of an artist, who was trained by her well regarded and successful father. So that is the context I am thinking of specifically; if a well known / respected artist in 18th century Western Europe trained a talented daughter in his craft and then supported her having her own career, how likely would it be that she would actually be accepted and respected by society in such a role?

If the answer is yes, this is possible, would this be something that would not have been seen prior to the 18th century, or were there any earlier instances of respected professional female artists?

I notice that a lot of commemorations of Christopher Columbus, including his holiday, came about in the late 19th century or later. What happened then to cause this new veneration of a man who was evil even by the standards of the folks who brought us the Spanish Inquisition? I also find it strange that he is commemorated so much in what is now the US, as my understanding is that he never got that far, and that the east coast of the US and Canada was instead discovered by John Cabot. If people in the US wanted to venerate an explorer, why go for Columbus and not Cabot?

Hello all! I have a quick nitpicky question.

I am writing a story about a knight crossing a desert and need some advice. In a general historic sense (any culture/ time period is acceptable), how would a lone traveler have given water to his horse when there was no nearby source? Did they allow horses to drink from a waterskin? Or, was there some other way they gave horses water?

I know it's a silly question, but I thought a historical perspective might be cool to add in.

Thanks in advance!

I’ve heard this the first time on Tariq Nasheed’s documentary, “Hidden Colours”.

The second I heard this was in a Facebook post. The OP of that post wrote: “half the blood in one’s veins must be black in order to make a good samurai (Japanese proverb). Also stated as for a samurai to be brave, he must have a bit of black blood. These words attributed to Japan’s first shogun warrior Sakanouye Tamuramaro — Japan’s first shogun warrior, a black man 785-811 A.D.”

Is any of this true?

Edit: to whoever is downvoting this — why? I’m asking for validation of a claim, so please be cool.

In Australia, the Prime Minister has said (and later apologised for saying) that there was no slavery in Australia. A former leader of the same party tweeted in support, saying that slavery hadn't happened here becuse blackbirding started in 1863, and slavery was abolished in 1833 in the British Empire.

Blaclbirding has always seemed like slavery to me, but is he technically correct?

His response also ignores the forced labour of indigenous people in Australia, so is there an out here as well?

I've read in some places that the latin language had gender neutral demonstrative and relative pronouns, while others claim the opposite. Which one is true?

I was watching a YouTube video last night that mentioned a daughter of a wealthy man being sent to a convent. I know this happened frequently for one reason or another. But would this woman who was used to a leisurely, wealthy lifestyle have to take vows to be a nun? Or could she just live out her days living among the nuns? In her own quarters or what have you? How about widows? Did they take vows after already being married?

Some say he was a fan some say he resented him. If you also have evidence for your claim that’d be awesome

I'm sorry for the stupid question. I tried reading the rules but I didn't find the answer. I'm interested in several topics here and I can see that the thread has for example 5 answers but none of them appears and I can't read anything? Could you please explain why that is and how can I read the replies? I haven't encountered this issue in any of my other reddit communities.

As we all know Nazi stands for National Socialist Party, so I am curious did the Nazi party actually practice socialism or were they only "Socialist" in name? If they were truly socialist then what sort of socialist legislation did they enact while in power (Hitler included)?

(I am not saying that Nazis weren't socialist, I just genuinely don't know enough about domestic policies they enacted or socialism in general to know if they really were or not.)

By this I mean how antisemitic was the Italian common people ? What did they thought of nazism and their alliance with it ? Do we have records of them hiding jews that were to be deported for example ?

I would like to know how do maps looks like in the ancient era or are there really maps at all? Like for example the times of assyrian or babylonian or the ancient greek and and it's rival persia. Please 🙏

Do we have any accounts from his time in captivity? If not, do we know how similar prisoners of war were treated?

Was it an idea that evolved organically or was it specifically created to help make pagans more receptive to converting to Christianity?

“Oh, you can become Christian and still have a shrine to the god of good harvests, we just call them St Isidore instead of Freyr”

I’m watching WWII In Color for the millionth time and I’m wondering what these anti-submarine weapons did exactly. One of them appears to be a cluster of projectiles that are shot into the water, presumably at a U-Boat just under the surface, and then detonate. I think I’ve seen depth charges being thrown off merchant ships to fend off German attacks.

What exactly did these weapons do? Would the explosion just damage the hull in the same way as it being in air? Once these things were hit, how fast would they sink? Also how many German lives were lost because of sunk u-boats?