What kind of sword, it's design (if it has a meaning / symbolism), how do they wield / use it against their enemies (cut / stab) etc.

I'm currently writing a short story (fiction) about knights and kings in the medieval age. To immerse the readers, I try to keep it in line to reality.

Also, if you can suggest someone references (books, videos, films etc.) that can provide some insight on the medieval age society of knights and kings, then it'll be great !

Thank You! :)

It seems to me (as a Canadian living in the USA) that Walt Disney and its theme parks hold a special place in American hearts and minds. "Have you been to Disneyland yet?" is a reasonable question, almost like a cultural icon that plays the role of a Mecca here ("you should go at least once in your lifetime").

Was there ever a time when Disney or Disneyland were controversial, seen as fake, or despised?

Was Disney given its status through any particular events? Presidential endorsements? Refuge from war? Powerful marketing and/or lobbying? Why has America's positive affect toward the company lasted so long?

A subject that often comes up in my studies of WWII German COIN policy is its particular brutality, which was particularly discussed in the Nuremberg NMT case VII "The Hostage Case". Did the condemnation of German policy lead to a development in military doctrine towards a more "hearts and minds" oriented approach similar to developments in medical ethics after the Doctors Trial?

In my studies of WWII Wehrmacht COIN policy, a point that is brought up quite often is that the German/Prussian army had a particularly brutal anti-insurgent tradition going back to the Franc-Tireur shock of the Franco-Prussian War.

Can the same be said for the Habsburg Military? Did the COIN policy in the 1878 fighting in Bosnia constitute a similar tradition?

If he was heavily involved, how close did he come to being executed with the other conspirators?

Seems mind-boggling that an army of such a size could lose to a smaller army mostly operating in the countryside?

No this is not a homework question, nor am I even in school. I'm just studying the Chinese revolution because communism fascinates me.

From what little I know about them, they aren't currently found anywhere in the wild in Europe. We're things different half a millennium ago?

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how difficult would it be to learn the arabic of arabic golden age in order to read the philosophers, theologans and scientists of that time?

I have been reading Red Cavalry by Isaac Babel and it thoroughly covers cavalry units that were still playing prominent roles in the Polish-Soviet war. I was wondering if their use had played a more prominent role on the Eastern Front in comparison to the Western Front where it seems that cavalry had been phased out by the end of the war.

My understanding is that the Habsburgs dominated the Holy Roman Empire for a long time, and the HRE eventually formed Germany as a nation-state. Why wasn't Austria part of the German unification?

I know that fascism is all the rage these days in political forums, but I'm confused by the constant assertion that it is a radical leftist ideology. I've always understood that it was an extremist right movement in RESPONSE to more left-wing groups. Such as the fascist parties of the WWII era being a response to communism.

Can it actually be either? I'm hoping a political historian could weigh in on this.

To what extent did the allies know of the Nazi death camps? If I recall correctly the allies did not bomb Auschwitz until 1944 and it was just to bomb a munitions factory not to hault the killings. Did the allies know of how much death was occuring and chose to ignore it to focus on other targets? Or did they underestimate how much death was occuring?

Hi everyone! Me again with the weirdly specific questions.

I was watching the show Wolf Hall on BBC a little while ago. Cardinal Wolsey was discussing King Henry with Thomas Cromwell. Since the divorce with Catherine of Aragon was a big issue, Wolsey was saying that Pope Clement would look to him to "keep Christendom" together.

I've heard of referring to the Western Christian Kingdoms in the Middle Ages as Christendom before, but only in history classes, and it's use in the show seemed somewhat anachronistic. Did people like Wolsey really use such a term, and think of Western Catholic Chrisitiany as a real, unified entity?

I was doing some reading into the D-Day landings and I noticed that units were always tasked with destroying certain gun emplacements, but would it not make sense to turn the guns on the rest of the inland defenders once the emplacements were cleared? Maybe I am misunderstanding, but it seems like it would be a win/win for the Allies, utilizing "free" artillery that they did not have to carry ashore. I realize that concern would be having the same emplacement used again if a German counterattack was successful, it just seems like a waste to destroy the barrels and breeches of perfectly good weapons.