Were they quick to denounce the technology as heresy or were they more lenient and understanding?

Shouldn't Columbus have been able to figure out he wasn't in the indies using the maps of the time a sextant, and a compass?

I'd like to find a comprehensive book on the American Revolutionary war. Specifically I'm interested in the period from the Declaration of Independence through the end of the war, Continental currency and some background on how the war was waged.

Thanks!

So I've just finished my undergraduate degree and I'm doing some early preliminary research into potential topics for my Masters dissertation. At current I'm considering looking at perhaps the Reconquista of Iberia, Hanseatic trade in the Baltic, or perhaps the Teutonic and Livonian Orders. I'm wondering if anyone could suggest any primary source material for these areas, or if anybody has any knowledge of source books pertaining to these topics. I've had a brief look at Fordham's medieval source book, but a number of links are unfortunately broken, or are limited on some of these topics. I apologise if anyone has asked a similar question before, but thanks in advance.

I am looking through some US maritime records from 1795-1805 and trying to figure out how the measurements worked. Was there a standard bag size for shipping imported coffee or sugar? Approximately how much (in weight/volume) do these bags hold? (Shipping from the Caribbean to the US)

I haven't really heard of any sort of cause to the Texas war of independence outside of just "they were populated by Americans who wanted to be free" and I'm starting to think that it's entirely American aggression rather than any sort of oppression on the part of the Mexicans.

What are the must-read (secondary) texts on Constantine's conversion? I'm looking for articles or book chapters rather than monographs, and a wide variety of perspectives is great.

I know Van Dam's book (has he ever boiled his thesis down into an article?). Do people still read / cite Stark or MacMullen, or are they both past their expiration date?

It's been many years since I've studied this!

Thanks :)

Bede's Ecclesiastical History is a principal textual source for British medievalists but how accurate is he as to the conversion of England? How do historians disagree?

I get that after Octavian consolidated his power as Emperor of Rome, Rome had no major opposition on the shores of the Mediterranean. But I don't find any mention of major sea battles in the Mediterranean until the sixteenth century, when the great clashes between the Ottomans and Christians took place, particularly Lepanto. Rome had long since ceased to be a major power. Why was the Mediterranean a seeming quiet zone for so long?

It's fairly well known, as far as I can tell, that much of Europe's best physical art (not just paintings but everything available) was looted by the Nazi's and either kept, stored in Switzerland forever, or sketchily brought back into circulation by those willing to quietly buy and store in private collections those pieces with highly questionable provenances. Also, of course, many famous works have independently been stolen never to be seen again.

Just curious what rough % of the world's most incredible art will likely never be seen by public eye vs what is actually in public places ie museums? Would the Louvre even rank in the top 100 collections in the world if compared with private/secret collections?

Cheers all!

Hello, I was told that the treat of versailles was the start of ww2, both economical and political, why so? Thanks for the help :)

Were Chartists the basis for the Labour Party or was the gap between the two movements too great to draw any significant connections?

As I understand it the Chartists were subsumed by the Liberal Party and there is a good gap in time between the end of the Chartist movement and the founding of the labour party. So I guess what I am most interested in is if historians draw a direct connections between Chartism and Labour.

I'm finding conflicting info on the 2nd part, and not 100% sure on the first part.

I am reading a sci-fi book from 1951 and some of what they say about space travel doesn't add up. I am aware we hadn't gone to space yet, but did they know about the weightless environment?

I would like some specific examples concerning European rule and ways indigenous people resisted rule, also how they negotiated and accommodated European rule? Thank you for any information over this specific topic of 16th Century Colonial Latin America.

X-post from /ELI5 because I had no idea this subreddit was a thing.

I was looking at the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum over on TIL, and I was wondering, why is it that, even when having a reasonably detailed idea of what Indonesia was like, it took Europeans so much longer to find Australia? Indonesia and Australia are not very far apart! You can cross from Papau New Guinea to Queensland in a canoe for goodness sake. How was it that the Indonesian islands were so well known, and it still took hundreds of years for anyone to think to sail south a little bit more? Was is because of some kind of difficulty with the seas there, or did Europeans just not care to look at that point?