I was thinking maybe someone experimented with jet engines on a Mosquito or Lancaster or Mitchell etc.

I realize that this is not the typical question posted here but I am in need of advice... I am an aspiring history professor of European women's history. I'm hoping to get my MA in history or medieval studies in hopes of strengthening my applications to top 20 history Ph.D. program. I'm currently researching schools and potential advisors but there is not as much information available on the reputations of MA programs (especially since many well-ranked history departments are no longer offering terminal MAs). I would very much appreciate any guidance on this issue. I'd be more than happy to share more about my research interests, programs I'm considering, and my background as a candidate if that helps!

Without hindsight bias, was it predictable?

Or was it like today, where people (again, Catholics) at church ceremonies must follow a strict decorum of silence and remain sedentary and immobile?

I'm referring to Anglo-Saxon manuscripts specifically, but I assume it would have been the same for most of Europe during the early medieval period.

I'm aware that ink was made from oak galls, but surely this wouldn't have produced the very black color of these inks, would it have? I concede that it could have faded over time to appear black - but if that's the case, what color were these inks originally?

When it was discovered that days weren't exactly 24 hours long and leap years were made, did they count all the days in the centuries prior and reverse the calendar back or did they just accept that the date was wrong and decided to start counting it from then on? I've never been able to find out the answer to this and I've always wondering if the current date is inaccurate or not.

It is credited that WW2 stopped unemployment, but why did his new deal struggle to alleviate unemployment as compared to the effect of increased industrial output in WW2?

Or better question might be, why is the key so important that it's almost always included when referring to a piece?

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For example, Brandenburg Concertos No. 1 in F major, No. 2 in F major, No. 3 in G major?

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If they're numbered, why bother identify the pieces by key? Especially when the key is almost the first notation on the written music. It doesn't seem to offer much in the way of cataloging.

Hello people!

Me and a couple of fellas are adapting a subject from a short story written around 1890. Since one of its themes is racism in the Victorian era, there are a lot of racial slurs. So, my question is... what do you think would be the most historically accurate way to say the N-word in that era? We're talking 1883, to be as precise as possible. And the people using it are indeed racists, so they don't hold back nothing, except for one of them, who does not think he is racist, so we would also need suggestions for a lighter word to use for someone like him. I ask because english is not our mother tongue, but we do have to write the screenplay in english and this has been our biggest concern as of now, we don't want to come off with terms that are too exagerated or inaccurate.

The people speaking are part of high society, such as Lords or sons of Lords, except for a few servants. They are discussing about a black man just after dinner, in a Hotel set in Switzerland. They come from England, France, Austria, Switzerland, and America. As I said, except for one, who does not agree with the others, they all see black people as an inferior race and cannot see them as human, but rather as animals. Except for one who is young, in his 20s, they are all between 40 and 55 years old.

Of course I do not pretend to get to that 100% historical accuracy but it would be nice to have an idea of the slurs they could be saying, especially since during victorian age, people would rather not talk about this kind of stuff especially after eating and talk about something more mundane. But, if I did that, I wouldn't have a story! :)

I hope I got the point across.

Thank you very much for the interest! Have a nice day

My classmates and I are studying the change of political language over the past 100-300 years for our final project. Does anyone have a good source we should make sure to look at in our research?

It makes me think of the scene from Life of Brian where Brian doesn't get good seats to Jesus' sermon. Is that what it was really like? Or did people exploit the acoustics of particular areas? Were there messengers relaying it through the crowd somehow?

Wikipedia says scholars think it may have been all about boarding actions. Is there anything more to be said about this? Did they use ranged weapons against viking longships, like bows and javelins, or was it all about boarding?

The historical documentaries I watch depict the Manipular legions with their Montefortino and Italo-Corinthian helmets and varying armor and the Marian legions with Imperial helmets and standardized lorica hamata and segmentata although further research showed that the Montefortino was issued until 60 BC when it was replaced by the Coolus. It's confusing.

What were the advantages of this compared to the two gun per turret layout for example found on the Bismark Class. To me it seems to increase the chance of losing a larger portion of your firepower should a turret get disabled.

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