My favorite philosopher is Spinoza & in reading about his life I learned of the Dutch Republic. In a used book store I discovered a set of books titled The History of the United States of The Netherlands. (Unfortunately way out of my price range) & since then I've wondered about this. Especially as in a time of crisis the Republic fell to be replaced again by the monarchy.
I tried looking through the Jefferson Library online to see if he possessed any books on the topic, but I'm not very good at this & it has continued to nag at me for years that surely the Founding Fathers were aware of this event?
Only occurred to me today that I Do have some people to ask about it and I would be very grateful if someone here can tell me yea or nay & add for any other related information.
Most books on the American Revolution seem to act as if it happened in a vacuum or vaguely related the Age of Enlightenment and I would like a deeper understanding of the historical & ideological (?) influences on the Founders.
Perfectly happy to be shown that my hunch is completely wrong of course. :)
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Germany doesn't have abundant reserves of oil, yet its military in WW2 - tanks and airforce on top of my mind - must have consumed significant amount of petrol. Which countries supplied it? Could breaking the supply chain end WW2 early?
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The walls of even a small castle would entail huge ground pressures, and with many of these structures placed on hills, it seems like bedrock would often be very far below the surface. Even a slight disparity could cause a wall to tip out and weaken the structure.
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I found this picture that claims to be of US Marines at Guadalcanal that shows them wearing a mixture of M1917 Brodie Helmets and M1 Helmets, which prompted me to ask this question.
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Hello
I am writing an assignment on how much the colonising of Africa during the 1800s affected the spreading of christianity in the continent. Specifically I want to focus on how european governments used christianity as a way to "disguise" the true reason behind colonising Africa.
I was wondering if anyone has any good sources / pages to read on this subject?
Cheers
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And what would make the party holding the fortified postion give that postion up to fight on a field? I saw that in Kingdom of Heaven where the Crusaders met Salah Adin's army outside Jerusalem.
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Is there any particular reason for most american houses and buildings having basements? I live in South America and houses here don’t have floors that are below the ground.
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He came from east-Poland (now Belarus) and following the Nazi-Soviet invasion in 1939 was interned in a Soviet work camp somewhere in Siberia (Uksora). Post-Barbarossa he found himself a member of General Anders' Polish II Corps which fought as part of the famous British Eighth Army. Sadly he passed some years ago, but in his notes he describes how after concluding the campaign in Italy he and the other Poles were not allowed to return home, with many - like him - settling in the UK instead. He remembered some of his comrades were so distraught over this decision they even committed suicide.
I would like to get some additional geo-political context on why/how the decision was made to keep them as exiles, what was so problematic about letting the men of II Corps go home? Many thanks!
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People in the US seem to eat a lot less fresh bread than they do in Europe. What is the cause of this difference in bread production and consumption, given that European immigrants must have brought their bread making traditions with them?
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This article in question, was written by Mary Pezzulo.
I have highlighted the following passages where she claims that sexual abuse was routinely practices by Romans on executed criminals, and thus could have been done on Jesus himself:
I do understand that there might be debate on the historicity of Jesus. I am not interested in that. I also understand that it is impossible to determine exactly just what occurred during the crucifixion. However, for the sake of argument, does the author's claim have basis in history?
Many thanks.
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I was recently thinking about this, and I was actually very confused while talking about it with a friend. When thinking of the 1700s, I can imagine swords being used, but past that, broadly, I imagine there was no use. Would citizens be able to have swords in the 1890s? Were they even made anymore?
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As in, both on the battlefield/frontline and off it, how did the US help in ending the war?
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I've just read about the battle and couldn't understand some things.
Why did Bonaparte think he would be able to capture Arcole easily from such a disadvantageous position? And why, after Austrians managed to stop Augereau's attack on the bridge with just three battalions, his objectives for the next day were the same? Jomini explains that forces were kept in the marshes because outnumbered French couldn't risk fighting the Austrians in the plains, which contradicts the whole plan of marching up to Villanova.
Was it feasible for Austrians to send their main forces across Adige at Zevio on the 16th and capture Ronco, as French main forces were held on the northern bank?
In all, I still don't understand how Austrians managed to perform so weakly in this battle. Outnumbering the French, not only they failed to defend the eastern bank of Alpon, but they seem to have half of their forces beaten by Massena alone, while the other half saw no action at all.
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When learning about Benito Juarez most people focus on the separation of church and state and on the defeat of the Second Empire, but I want to know what measures he took specifically to help the indigenous people.
For 300 years indigenous people had been legally discriminated, and after that was abolished, natives like Juarez were able to climb through the ranks, but ending the legal discrimination wasn't enough to counteract 300 years of racism, right?, new measures had to be taken to undo those centuries of damage, what were those measures?, how successful they were?
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Hi everyone!
We are three musicologists with an interest in the music of Ludwig van Beethoven. All three of us got PhDs from the University of Manchester (Sian and Matthew in 2012, Marten in 2016), and have since taken up positions at other universities. Next year is 2020, Beethoven’s 250th anniversary, and many institutions are now preparing events and publications related to the composer’s music and life.
We’ll quickly introduce ourselves:
I am Marten Noorduin, and I am a Research Fellow at Oxford University, where I work on issues related to nineteenth-century performance practice. My doctorate work focussed on Beethoven’s tempo indications, and I published several journal articles on that subject. You can read some of them here: https://oxford.academia.edu/MartenNoorduin/ I am now working on a variety of things, one of which is the ways in which music by Beethoven and others of similar stature was treated by musicians and editors in the mid and late nineteenth century for a themed edition of a journal.
I am Matthew Pilcher, and I am a Visiting Lecturer in Music at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, where I teach on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules and supervise research projects and dissertations at UG and PG level. My doctoral research examined the relationship between words and music in the songs and other vocal works of Beethoven. My current research focusses largely on issues of musical form and text setting in primarily solo vocal works in the Austro-Germanic tradition, with a particular focus on Beethoven.
I am Siân Derry and I am the Assistant Director of Postgraduate Studies and MA Musicology Course Director at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. My interests include piano pedagogy and organology, and critical editing and performance practices of the 18th and 19th Centuries. My doctoral research examined Beethoven’s experimental exercises and figurations for piano, on the basis of which I am currently working on preparing an edition with commentary that relates them to the pedagogical methods of Beethoven’s contemporaries.
We are looking forward to your questions!
EDIT: Many thanks to everyone who submitted questions! We are working on the last few answers now, but will be winding things down soon. Thanks, AskHistorians, it was fun! We should do this again sometime.
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There is this Anime called Spice&Wolf and the main gist of it is that a couple, a traveling merchant and his female partner, travel the world selling and buying goods here and there (well there is more to it but I am only explaining here what is necessary to understand my question). It takes place in roughly the Early Renaissance.
Now there are certain tolls, tariffs and other such things shown in the Anime but generally it seems that you are able to just go to whereveer you want and do whatever you want (as long as you keep to the local laws, of course). There are not a lot of regulations and laws restricting you from going from one country to another or selling and buying this and that. Nor do you need a permament residence where your mail is send to.
When did this stop being a thing? Of course nowdays I could still go from one city or another, but you can't just become a merchant here and now. There is tons of regulatory work to do and you still need a permamnent residence where your mail is sent to etc.
Now there are probably more things that I forgot about but I hope the gist of my question is clear. I am terrible at explaining things.
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Edit: Also Chevelegers (I know I spelled that wrong.)
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