Post scriptum: Would be really nice if i could get an accurate depiction of the armor he wore ( I know its the murmillo "armor" but there are so many different pictures of it)

For example, take a rich, royal family in Europe in the years leading up to the Renaissance. How would that rich family store their wealth? did they have lots of gold buried or kept secure in safe places?

For instance, Oedipus claws out his eyes after realizing he married his mother. That seems like an odd reaction by modern standards. Was there a culture of self-harm at the time?

When Gobells would introduce himself, would he say "Hello, I am the Propaganda Minister" or would he have called himself something different? If he did, wouldn't calling himself the Propaganda Minister kind of give away the type of work that he was doing?

Like opposing armies in a Roman or Byzantine civil war for example.

I ask because we have all had some reading in school. We slowly proceed and break down what is being said sometimes. Would it have been as difficult at the time of writing to understand? I know of course language evolved and words come in and out of favor, but I feel like the common man may have been just as confused as most of us are. Was he writing, maybe, for the higher class? Thanks for the help.

My grand uncle was killed during WWII during a kamikaze attack while stationed aboard the USS Lindsey. We found his wallet among my grandmother's possessions and I need help identifying the markings he put on it. We know that he joined the navy before WWII and was aboard the USS Honolulu during the attack at Pearl Harbor. He was later transferred to the Lindsey and was killed during a kamikaze attack on April 12, 1945. I will attach photos of the wallet in the comments. Thank you!

I've looked and can't seem to find one.

I'm curious about what the political life of a monarch who ruled multiple thrones would look like in Renaissance Europe. With slow communications and different spoken languages, it seems like it would be hard to rule over a single empire, let alone three separate ones. How did monarchs who sat on multiple thrones deal with this issue? Did they just stick to very top level policy decisions (e.g., go to war or make peace with another country) or did they get into the nitty gritty? Would they have been heavily reliant on advisors or local nobility?

Charles V seemed like a good example, but any information about any monarchs from Renaissance Europe would be appreciated.

So back in the ancient near-east, life expectancy was lower than today. I have two questions about this: 1. If you took a baby from today and took it back in time to lets say 900 BC Egypt and gave it to a family that would raise it, would it live to a higher age than the typical age of that time?

2: If I, a 19 year old, went back to that time and place and ate what I considered a healthy diet (of whatever food was available then) and exercised moderately, would I live to today's life expectancy in America?

I know 18th century opera stagings used forced perspective staging, and that the singers would have to hang out in the front of the stage or else recreate the tiny Stonehedge scene from Spinal Tap. But to be honest I don't know much else of anything about it! What's the history of this staging technique, and why did it fall out of fashion?

I'm reading the Communist Manifesto at the moment and it calls for "free education for all children in public schools", which got me thinking, did people at the time oppose this? What kind of arguments did those opposed make, and what groups of people made the arguments?

I'm asking mostly in regards to the United States, but information on any other country would be greatly appreciated too.

During the late 18th century and up until, say, the 1850s, how did middle and upper class families in New England see themselves in relation to working class and impoverished New Englanders? Was there something like 'class consciousness'? Did they have a belief system which propped up/justified the status quo?

I've seen really interesting comments made in passing by some authors writing about New Englanders during this period but I haven't seen it either fleshed out or justified beyond the author making emphatic, short, passing statements about the topic.

Did they feel kinship with planters and landed aristocrats from the American South and Europe?

Importantly, where could I read more about this? Any articles on JSTOR or books that you could recommend?

Thanks!

I've got Pole in my blood and especially with what's going down in Poland today I've been very interested in reading up on how the nation has changed over time.