One of the defining features of Victorian England is the prudish sentiment among the population. Clothing was incredibly important and people would often dress to incredible lengths in those times and sex was a taboo subject.

They have imported their prudish behaviour to their colonies including India, where it persists to today. I was curious on the origin of such behaviour. Was there any particular event that led to this happening?

I know the basics; such as how a lot of our judicial and political structure is borrowed from, or at least inspired by, Viking practices - such as the ‘ting’ or their by-elections within The Danelaw. I’m also aware that a lot of our words such as ‘law’, weekdays, and most compound words stem from Old Norse as before then we would say ‘slaughter-dew’ rather than ‘blood’. I’ve also heard that the urbanisation of York (Jorvic) was largely the first post-Roman example of British urbanisation, with some of the first two storey houses - although I can’t be sure.

So, any more impacts/legacies? Would be very helpful, i’m always interested in learning about the Vikings.

The rest of the world found out what was really happening through detailed records and even liberating some of the camps.

My question is: in the several million men that served in the land forces, the Kriegsmarine, and the Luftwaffe, how many knew about what was happening? Was it more likely that they got called to duty and drafted to fight a big war so that's what they did (even though they had to recite an oath to Hitler)?

If the general armed forces DID know, then was it just the officers or was it possible that a soldier on the frontlines knew too? Is it even possible to know without asking men who served in the German army at that time?

I'm sorry that this question isn't too detailed but here it is. When I was in high school I took a class called History of Genocide, upon studying the Armenian Genocide, we learned that it was largely overshadowed by World War I and wasn't really known about because of, you know, the World War. It was told to us that the only reason the world learned of the Genocide is that a photographer who was stationed in Armenia took pictures and smuggled them out of the country. Who was this man, did he really exist or was he made up in some kind of fever dream? I've tried looking around on the internet and I can't find him, or at least I don't think I can. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thank you.

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What exactly caused their culture to change from a culture where you had to fight anyone who insulted you, to being as nice as they are today? Obviously there's probably a lot of complex shit in, but what are the basics if it?

After watching several documentaries about World War II, it seems every time there's a naval Invasion the airplanes bomb the defences and then the ships open up right before the troops land. Wouldnt it make more sense to have the ships fire first then the more accurate planes bomb right before the invasion?

*I know they weren't really soldiers, per se but I can't think of a better word. Basically what did the bottom level of the two armed camps prepare in the weeks leading up to the battle of 1066?

I'm trying to find out if a particular artist (Francis McComas) was reported on during his time in the city.

I thought they were trying to isolate the Soviet population from Western values and ideas. Why were they allowed?

How many sections (equivalent to platoon) would have been in a company of Napoleon's Grand Armee? description: Ive researched extensively but found no clue, can anyone give the number or at least a n an estimate no matter how general, i.e. between 3 and 5, the main reason I'm asking this is to indirectly figure out the number of section-leading officers (lieutenants and sub lieutenants) in one company, thanks

It’s my understanding that only wealthy nobles had swords, and that the average soldier fought with an axe or a pike. Were swords pretty much just symbolic status weapons, or is there archeological evidence of swords with battle damage made by other swords?

The borders of the individual republics, while largely based on ethnicity, were far from democratically chosen.

With Crimea becoming an irrdentist topic in the last decade and large amounts of ethnic Russians throughout the new countries I'm shocked some type of war didn't occur.

I am currently reading David Howarth’s “1066 The Year of the Conquest” and during a chapter on Harald Hardrada I came across a peculiar paragraph regarding Saint Olaf.

“[Hardrada] went to Trondheim, where he unlocked the shrine of King Olav and cut his hair and nails, which were still growing, owing to his sanctity, thirty-five years after his death. He threw the key of the shrine into the neighboring River Nid; and early in August, he sailed to join his ships.”

Specifically my question is whether or not that is possible, and in a general sense I am asking what becomes of the bodies of long dead Saints. Are they tended to in such a way as to “clean them up” so to speak? Was long-lasting preservation of a Saint’s body of high importance?

Howarth had been referencing an Icelandic history by Snorri throughout the chapter so could it be that it was a fabrication on Snorri’s part?

Hey, I'm doing a research paper on MKULTRA. Would you know any books or sources I should be reading before my start?

I could add quite a lot of caveats to that but I don't want to talk about my ideological beliefs on a history sub-reddit

How long was training, did certain countries's training focus more heavily on one aspect of warfare(stealth, marksmanship, physical aptitude, etc.). How long did each of them last, and how did they change throughout the war?

The title is pretty self explanatory. I'm looking for a book about different forms of government just to satiate my own curiosity. I have a very basic understanding about most forms of government and wish to learn more about the systems of government that different nations around the world operate and also just simply how those systems operate.