I always assumed his bloodline died out but I wasn't sure. And if so would they really keep the last name?

I suppose this is a question for all classes. Also asking about Europe (which is still broad).

During a time when child mortality rates were extremely high, did parents truly love their kids the way they do now? Were children mourned for intensely or treated their deaths more nonchalantly (because they were expected)? Was there ever a child-parent bond as we see today or were children seen more as extensions of the family unit used as labor and political tools? Was grieving and mourning for their kids something they did and to the degree we do now? To what degree of affection was shown between child and parent.

Side note, were daughters treated poorly in general?

I feel like it makes no sense that a hardline segregationist like Wallace would pardon a black man who had previously been accused of rape.

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What I want to know is how exactly was the transition from your typical medieval "knight in shining armor" to the, way less armored, rifle/gun wielding unit. Do these two types of "warriors"/amries ever clashed in battle?. Just as with naval warfare, were there ever ships fitted with cannons going against more primitive types of ships?. Maybe due to one (or a few) nations having that kind of technological advantage over others.

Or was it more of an even change for everyone?. Like, as soon as guns were really usefull and cheap to make, everyone just kind of threw away their bows, big swords and heavy armour and picked up a gun (I'm exaggerating, obv).

Ps. My knowledge in history is quite thin. So, my apologies in advance if I said something really stupid. And thank you for taking your time!.

I just thought it was weird that a massive group of people would decide that somehow, crossing this ice sheet would lead to a better world on the other side.

My history teacher suggested that they were following animal herds, but then that raises a further question, why on earth would animals cross an ice sheet? It's not like the land bridges were just a couple of miles wide and that you could see grass and trees on the other side.

I might be asking a really stupid question that has an obvious answer, but this really has been bugging me for days, and I thought you guys might be able to help me out.

Is there undeniable proof that there were gas chambers, ovens, 6 million dead Jews, etc?

I've run into the argument that you have to be skeptical of everything you've been "taught," so I thought I'd ask historians. What do we know for sure? Could the confessions of those involved be lies? How do you intellectually honestly answer people who allege a hoax of some sort without resorting to, "Shut up, Nazi," ?

I recently learned that Republican Rome had no police force. If that is true, who maintained peace and order in the streets? Who arrested criminals? If someone were to murder their neighbor, who brought the murderer to justice?

I reckon it was a personal view, reflecting his thinking that the old Europe of the empires had expired, maybe a bit annoyed no more reasonable claim of continuity or successor to the Roman Empire could be made, with the extinction of the German and the Russian ones.

In fact he was so adamant about it, he effectively terminated his 4 or 5 volumes work "History of Europe" in 1914, even though he had the entire 20th century to analyse.

What I wonder is if this point of view is shared by more historians or was this specific one that was particularly nostalgic or longing about Rome.

Today I was looking at a map and noticed that Louisiana had more rebellions and revolts than the other southern states, including Mississippi and such. Why is this?

When on holidays, I always come up with questions to AskHistorians. This time, about southern Germany.

During recent travels I read more than once that The Black Forest (Shwarzwald) was only settled in the high middle ages. This was contradictory with some other information like the usage of the Kinzig valley as an East-West trade route since roman times, and at the same time, in agreement with, for example, the founding of Freiburg or Offenburg. (all this verified with Wikipedia, sigh)

So, what's the actual deal? What was the state of that rugged, forested terrain, before, say, 1000 CE? Was it thick, unpopulated forest? Was it a lawless land with self-ruling bandits? Was it a periphery of little interest, with sparse settling by iliterate folks?

How are they selected? Has the process changed? What are the most intriguing facts about the papacy?

I was a kid at the time and never really understood the impact or severity of the incident. Why was it such a huge deal other than the obvious fact of her being part of the royal family

Hello all,

I have been studying the history of Christianity and I have heard the unwavering statements that there are no, a couple or a ton of credible sources that have records of Jesus Christ living. I thought my sources were reliable but they can't all be right.

Do you have any insight where I can locate this answer?