I've been doing some light survey-reading on Charlemagne and the Franks in order to get an understanding of the basics before I delve into more detail. I'm finding it really interesting, but there's one thing so far that I don't really "get".

As we know, Charlemagne was at one point married to Desiderata, a Lombard princess. Because the Lombards and the Franks were enemy states, it seemed like an intelligent choice. Why, then, did Charlemagne choose to divorce her? Do we know any of the rationale behind that decision?

This has always bugged me as I could never find anything on the subject, just speculation. I know he has mentioned boxing, wrestling, and shooting but nothing about football. Did Hitler even like football?

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In popular Japanese media, the conquering leader of the Oda clan is depicted as a pragmatist, with very modern views on war strategy and tactics. This is often backed up by his known love for gunpowder and firearms, and how he viewed them as the future.

Is this common depiction actually true? And if so, what did Nobunaga think of the Bushido code? The idea of "samurai honour"? Did it ever clash with this ruthless pragmatism he is often shown to have?

After a short visit to Berlin I was very interested in its history. So I knew about West and East Berlin, but I couldnt really figure out why the Allied had control of West Berlin. I read that at the Yalta Conference, it was decided that the Sovjet forces were allowed to capture Berlin. The Sovjet forces seized control in May 1945, but on July 11th they handed over control on the West, supposedly on "temprorary terms" (history.com"

Quote from history.com:

When the war in Europe ended in May 1945, however, Soviet troops were in complete control of eastern Germany and all of Berlin. Some U.S. officials, who had come to see the Soviet Union as an emerging threat to the postwar peace in Europe, believed that the Soviets would never relinquish control over any part of Berlin. However, on July 11, 1945, the Russian government announced that it would hand over all civilian and military control of West Berlin to British and American forces. This was accomplished, without incident, the following day.

So, why did the Soviets give away Western Berlin, did they think it was temporary, if so, on what terms, and consequently, did the Allies break these terms in keeping control of West Berlin?

Thanks!

We all know the story and the subsequent scandal, but I couldn't find any information about its current whereabouts.

Was it melted and the stones reused? Was it lost during the revolution? Stolen?

First of all I want to apologize if there is already another thread createad. I am interested in learning more about our history, from the beginning until (the) present. What books can you recommend me that contain the essentials of history and what should necessarily be known?

Sorry for my bad english

Full disclosure: I'm looking for sources I might've missed that might affect a paper-in-progress. Do we have any evidence to prove that the Average Joe (Commune Iosef?) in late 14th century London bought into Wycliff's ideas about transubstantiation and seizing clerical wealth? He obviously attracted a lot of attention from the top, but what about the bottom? It's easy to think it might have resonated with them, but do we have proof that it did, outside the sketchy chronicle accounts?

In the news today, London house prices are very high and there is often talk of a housing crisis. Halifax began tracking UK house prices in 1980. When they started tracking, the average London house price was around £50,000, and the average salary was around £6,000 per year (for the UK, not London-specific). That means the average house price was still 8x the average salary using those rough numbers I googled.

That had me thinking - London has been a big city for a long time and has probably been unaffordable for a long time. Are there historical records of Londoners complaining about house prices?

From what I have been reading, in Victorian London, home ownership wasn't particularly common. But someone would be buying and building and owning them. Was it not common because it was so expensive?

There were also a lot of events in London which may have affected house prices - the Great Fire, the plague, wars, etc.

So I guess my questions are:

What are some early complaints about London house prices? What is the earliest complaint about London house prices? Has London ever been actually affordable?

From what I gather, it is a sacred symbol to these religions. I wonder how they felt when they started to see it pop up and used in a pretty hateful manner.

How was daily life changed? What were people's opinions on the disease? What came of the generation that lived through it?

I've been reading The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville, and I am curious how two isolated cultures like English and Aboriginal tribal languages or English and Japanese can come to learn each other's languages without any other existing translator.

West Virginia seceded from the state of Virginia in 1861 over concerns about the former's secession from the Union, and was admitted to the Union itself in 1863 at the height of the American Civil War. Was the entire state broadly Unionist or were there pockets of Confederate support? How did the state of Virginia, and the Confederacy as a whole, react? What were the thoughts of the Union and the courts on the legality of this move, given that a portion of a state had never attempted to become its own state previously?

I'm looking for reliable books (preferably available on Kindle) about how the disabled were treated in various times and places throughout history.

Title. I know he can be controversial. I've read Empires of the Silk Road and while I don't buy every hypothesis he has certainly got my gears moving. What is everyone's opinion on him--good guy or hack?

Comparing to some of what going on in the US now with standing rock, election mess, BLM, etc etc.

Was it people following the leader, or was it really that widely held a belief that people should leave British rule?

Did a considerable amount of German-Americans actually join Germany before 1941, or was this just for the plot to make it more interesting?