Given the full plate of armor was heavy and did the job of protecting the knight, would he even need a shield. Of course we are talking over a large period of time in history here but how common was it to see a knight using a shield if he was wearing a full plate of armor ?
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If machine gun fire could cut whole platoons down as they raced across no-man’s land, how were machine guns countered in the German offensives at the end of the war that ked to them taking trench lines? Tanks made massive breakthroughs for the British, but how were the Germans so successful in stormign and taking trenches?
I am wondering because it seems impossible to assault a mg position, no matter how elite the troops attacking are.
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In the case of Vikings, what was the advantage to them? Their paganism made them fearless warriors, they were not afraid to die because if they died in combat it was a glory to them. They'd meet the Gods in Valhalla. Later they adopted Protestantism which further proves that the idea of a punitive God didn't fit their culture.
About romans, do you think adopting Christianism was a political decision made by the Emperor to instill fear (of hell) in the populations and better be able to control them?
The way I see it paganism gives more power to the individual, while Christianism, by instilling the concept of heaven vs. hell tries to control people through fear: if you don't do as we tell you when you die you will go to this awful place, while if you do everything you will go to heaven.
So while in the Romans it made sense to apply Christianity as a weapon of control of masses, in case of Vikings it didn't...
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Where did people in the late middle ages/early renaissance (around 1450 to 1500) get their wood from? I couldn't find any professions such as "lumberjack" from that time, so did it even exist or would a builder just send someone into the woods to fell some trees? Was it maybe the work of a carpenter? I'm especially interested in central Europe.
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Today:
You know the drill: this is the thread for all your history-related outpourings that are not necessarily questions. Minor questions that you feel don't need or merit their own threads are welcome too. Discovered a great new book, documentary, article or blog? Has your Ph.D. application been successful? Have you made an archaeological discovery in your back yard? Did you find an anecdote about the Doge of Venice telling a joke to Michel Foucault? Tell us all about it.
As usual, moderation in this thread will be relatively non-existent -- jokes, anecdotes and light-hearted banter are welcome.
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In 80s/90s sci-fi a common theme is that in the not-so-distant future, America will be run by the Japanese. Some examples include Back to the Future 2 and the Alien series, and cyberpunk books like Snow Crash and Neuromancer. More are here. What lead to this, and how did it go away?
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After such a colossal failure were there any real changes to policy or international relations that were a direct result of the war?
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Do we have any idea why he lived twice the as long as most people?
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As far as I know, two kinds of people have the power to veto in the Roman Republican Senate.
The "other" consul can veto the legislation of the "residing" consul
Tribunes of the Plebs each have a right to veto.
That makes more than 10 people who can veto any bill at any time. Was it that hard to ensure that one, single person from your faction was elected a Tribune, so that you could veto the kinds of bills you did not want? This many people seems a lot for me and I am amazed how bills were not vetoed all the time
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I had heard that Nixon used the defense of Watergate that what his people did was no different from what previous politicians' people had done. One key difference was that J. Edgar Hoover had died weeks before the Watergate break-in. Has documentation been found of any similar crimes suspected to be carried out under order of a sitting President?
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Wikipedia never explained why he didn't get the chance to play in Russia again. Western countries holding him "hostage?" Russia not wanting expressive musicians in their country? I don't know.
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There's both inflation and currency exchange to consider, but without knowing much, it doesn't sound like a large amount of money. On the other hand, it was obviously enough of a contribution to have the college named after the donor.
What else could a person buy with that sort of money at that time?
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In his poem "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July," he mentions the above quote re: Hungary. What was going on in Hungary that made Americans "ready to fly to arms" over?
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