Are there any contemporary chroniclers or later historians who comment on the event beyond merely reporting its occurrence?

Would this likely be seen as a horrific act to be condemned or just the ruthless punishment of a family of rebels and that by her father's treason the baby would be deemed fair game?

In addition would the public nature of it as opposed to a Princes in the Tower style "mysterious death" and the use of a cross to do it be likely to receive a strong religious backlash?

My only source for it occurring is Neil Oliver's History of Scotland tv series and he doesn't dwell much on it.

In the century/half-century leading up to the civil war, the American South's use of slaves on cash crop plantations seemed to result in significant economic growth whilst the manufacturing industry did not. What are the significant reasons that the south didn't exploit the relatively inexpensive labor of slaves to support the growth of an industrialised economy and why was the North's industrial sector much stronger?

I recently started reading Dune which incorporates Islamic terms such as Jihad and the hero being called Mahdi. The book was published in the mid 60's so how much would have the average American reader known about Islam and how many would have even recognized the terms as being of Islamic origin?

I’ve always wondered about the reality of this movie. Martin Scorsese is an incredible director, and no doubt his work is amazing, but I just am curious to the reality of the 1970s gambling scene.

I've heard December 25,which I don't believe. Could it be June 17th, 3 BCE?

I know this question is borderline alt history, but I've always been told that African-American soldiers were shocked by how they were treated as equals when serving under the French army. How come these experiences didn't result in more upheaval, while during WWII there wasn't this much integration (With the US forcing the Free French to segregate their forces).

By modern times I mean before Industrialization and the growth of cities, even though cities probably made rape and similar crimes much easier. It just occurred to me how recent it is that people can come out and actually prove these things, and was wondering since so many shows kind of portray it as a common thing that no one cared about that much.

I've got small kids and the subject of pirates comes up more often then you'd imagine.

My 5 year old wants to know if walking the plank was a real punishment.

As a follow up I'd also like to know, if it was a real punishment, was there ever a case of someone making it to shore and surviving the plank?

Anne with an E took place somewhere in 1890s. There were other notable things students did in Anne with an E. Apparantly, they chopped wood themselves to put in the fireplace. Also, did the girls require to wear a white cotton apron over their clothing as uniform? And were the schools really quite small back then?

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The cult successfully manufactured complex chemical weapons, and had plans in place to manufacture nuclear and biological weapons. These are all weapons that can be difficult for state actors to produce, much less a fringe cult. How were they able to reach this level of sophistication? How did this amount of advanced technology in unqualified hands not set off alarm bells? Why have other large terrorist organizations not been able to reach similar levels of sophistication?

My apologies if this is the wrong subreddit to ask this in.

I personally love the European colonialism era, American Revolutionary and Civil War, WW1, WW2, and the events leading up to the Cold War. Now, I shouldn't say I love them, rather, I find them particularly interesting than other parts of history. Now, I know that is a huge range and I can't possibly specialize in all of them, but just to get a above-average knowledge in all of them and then specialize in one would be enough for me but the question remains, how do I start?

Do I just start reading books about these particular periods of time in history and go on from there? Should I get a basic rundown from Wikipedia or any other source before tackling a book? Do I not even need a book as the internet has all that I need? I'm sorry if these questions seem really straight-forward but you must know that, when heading into an unfamiliar topic or subject, questions that seem simple and obvious can end up having very uncommon answers. I just don't want to guess about anything and want an answer from the people who have gone through this situation themselves.

Thanks in advance.

I understand vertical and horizontal straight lines as borders since they can follow latitude and longitude lines. And then many borders aren't straight because of following natural features.

But wouldn't a diagonal straight line be more difficult to compute and verify? How common were they?

Especially during the US civil war, engagements are often written as involving distinctly state raised components (e.x. 1st Vermont Brigade). This seems to completely disappear by the first world war. I have never heard or read any commentary on this pretty major structural change to US armed forces.
How and why did this big switchover happen, especially to the point where state militias are almost a joke by the end of the 21st century?

Hi, i wanted to know if there's any registry of a older flag model for the Minas Gerais state. The one who's used nowadays was stablished in 1963, but i can't find any info on older models.

Thanks in advance!

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