Language aside, would mass be performed in a similar enough way for a modern Catholic to follow along? How far back in time can you go before the ceremonies, etc would become unrecognizable?

I assume the answer for upper classes would be to hire a wet nurse. But what if no nurse were available? What did Roman bottle/formula technology look like?

Hello, I have a weird question for you. I'm looking for some obscure composer that my grandfather used to tell me about.

I come from a family of musicians. When I was very little, my grandfather used to tell me stories about this composer who lived some time in the past, who was obsessed with finding new ways to create music. He believed that the heptatonic scale (the one we use today) could be further improved, so he spent his entire life looking for new mathematical ways for frequencies to resonate in a pleasing way to the human ear.

Obviously, my grandfather embellished, telling me that this composer would lock himself in his room and create sounds and tonalities that were other-wordly and abnormal, and that his house-keeper once accidentally heard them and soon afterwards committed suicide. He'd tell me that this composer once wrote a concerto based on his new scale, and the audience ran screaming from the theatre, traumatized and scarred for life. He also said that no human who ever listened to that music would ever dare to sleep again with the lights off.

Since both my grandfather and father died long before the age of the internet, I could never corroborate these stories. I have tried googling to find this supposed composer but it's really hard to find appropriate keywords.

My question, did such a composer ever exist, or did my grandfather make the whole thing up for his own amusement? Not like a composer who created creepypasta-level music that killed people, but a composer who tried to invent new music. Do any of you know of anyone who fits this description?

(I know it sounds weird and silly, but other composers with similar legends surrounding them have existed. For example, Paganini was thought to have made a deal with the Devil.)

Why also was he kept alive/in power after the Allied occupation and not executed like a lot of the military hierarchy which killed, raped, tortured etc. in his name?

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To my understanding protection under Geneva Conventions is only valid in officially declared wars.

I'm just curious about this because usually I see people on the internet talking about "Prussian Discipline" and how amazing their military and political achievements were. I am curious about life for the citizen in Prussia, was it full of discipline? How militaristic was their culture? Was their social mobility? Tolerance? I would like some sources that I can see on these topics please.

The example which immediately comes to mind is King John, who continued exploiting money from his clergy even after he was excommunicated. In the case of John and other similar princes of this era, why were they so willing to go against a Pope’s orders if they genuinely believed that an excommunication could lead to them going to Hell. Could they have not actually believed in the Catholic church’s power over their souls, or were they simply willing to accept possible damnation for worldly gains?

I am primarily interested in what political policies were adopted by the English people, what long-term impacts diplomatically the Norman Conquest had upon England and its neighbors, the economic consequences of the invasion, and the impact of the Conquest upon the average English household.

I never understood how soccer and American football were variations of the same origin sport until I saw how rugby was played, which made me wonder what that original sport was. As near as I can tell gameplay effectively amounted to "move the ball down the field however you want" with virtually no rules. So, why was called football? It seems like people wouod have been carrying and throwing the ball mostly if that was allowed.

My understanding is that the Cherokee lived in part of Georgia prior to the Louisiana Purchase. What parts were they in? And were there other Native American tribes in areas that were claimed by the USA? If so, which ones and where? What was the relationship between the fledgling USA and those tribes?

I’m researching sea lore for a pirate themed thing I’m making and I’m interested in mythology aspects to incorporate. I know of the classic Kraken of course but what other mythological creatures “roamed” around that same time period. I don’t really mind which mythology origin it stems from (Norse, Greek, etc.) I just want to know what kind of beast were right for that period that I could further research.

I was watching a Vice video documentary on a militia group named the "3 Percenters." They got their name from the belief that only 3% of American colonists actively fought against the British. I find that number to be very low.

So my questions are;

- How many Americans actively fought against the British and what percentage of the total population would this have been?

- What percentage of fighting-age men would this have been?

- Is this number comparable to other wars?

Thanks!

I know they didn’t use the Gregorian Calendar system, but at 1 AD what did they call that year? What did they call following and preceding years?