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I checked the book list and also the list compiled by users of this sub but couldn't find any. I don't want to just pick up any book with their names on, I really want to find the most accurate books that I could. Thanks for any help you can give.
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I've always assumed it was a chain reaction dating back to Puritans but those people also moved to Massachusetts. Today, Massachusetts and the rest of the Northeast is not like the South. How did this happen?
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To the best of my knowledge there were no advances in medicine and people were still killing each other. Why in the 800s were there suddenly too many people?
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Hello everyone,
With the death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia yesterday, the Supreme Court is dominating the news cycle, and we have already noticed a decided uptick in questions related to the court and previous nomination controversies. As we have done a few times in the past for topics that have arrived suddenly, and caused a high number of questions, we decided that creating a Megathread to "corral" them all into one place would be useful to allow people interested in the topic a one-stop thread for it.
As with previous Megathreads, keep in mind that like an AMA, top level posts should be questions in their own right. However, we do not have a dedicated panel, even if a few of the Legal History flairs are super excited to check in through the day, so anyone can answer the questions, as long as that answer meets our standards of course!
Additionally, this thread is for historical questions about the American Judicial system, so we ask that discussion or debate about the likely nomination battle coming up, or recent SCOTUS decisions, be directed to a more appropriate sub, as they will be removed from here.
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Today:
Welcome to this week's instalment of /r/AskHistorians' Sunday Digest (formerly the Day of Reflection). Nobody can read all the questions and answers that are posted here, so in this thread we invite you to share anything you'd like to highlight from the last week - an interesting discussion, an informative answer, an insightful question that was overlooked, or anything else.
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Surely they both need to get there quickly?
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What was there purpose from a historical perspective to alter one of the most influential scripts in the world? Thnx!
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I am also curious to learn of how this compares to WWII if possible.
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Before birth control, prostitutes must have been pregnant like 24/7, so what happened to all these enormous amounts of kids? Or did they use some other method than what we are using now? Or did they figure out abortions back then already?
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So when a Roman army won a battle and captured a large amount of slaves I can understand how they could guard them to reach Italy's borders, they are an army after all.
What I'm curious about though, is if they were not allowed to cross the Rubicon how they would get the slaves from the border to Rome itself (or any other relevant city for that matter).
Was there some internal group that would take over care of these new slaves? Was a certain part of the legion allowed to cross in order to guard them? How did this work?
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Agoult de Baux, d.1346/7, Sg. de Caromb, Brantes, Le Barroux, St Léger, Sénéchal Beaucaire, and Nimes 1340, Toulouse/Albi 1342, Cap. gén. en Languedoc
Agoult de Baux was the last son of Bertran III of Baux (died 1304 or 1305), Count of Avellino and Lord of Baux. Agoult's titles are listed as such above, but past "Captain Generale", I'm having trouble deciphering acronyms and, at that, understanding the historical context of what those jobs ans titles meant.
What would Agoult do as "Captain Generale" of Languedoc?
Where would this son of a Lord of Baux live?
What on Earth are those other titles?
Please put this all in historical job description clarity for me!
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And did they diverge after the Sino-Soviet split or before?
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As someone who reads a lot of medieval history, I am fully aware of the myriad of tiny states that Europe once was. I'm sure I don't have to explain the situation in this subreddit for sure.
But one thing I notice as I look closer and closer towards modern history, is the arrival of larger states in Europe, reflective of large cultural groups (i.e. Germany and Italy). Almost all the tiny states of Europe merged or were swallowed up, besides a few anomalies like Lichtenstein and Andorra. But my question is: how did Luxembourg keep its independence? Why wasn't it integrated into Germany because it was Germanic, or annexed by the Netherlands because of its political ties?
Thanks in advance!
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Surely it must have traded some accuracy for simplification and convenience?
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I've been looking for information and it seems so scattered. I don't know what it is a credible source and what isn't, any help is appreciated.
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I am aware of ninjas in Japan and their use as special forces units by the various feudal lords, but were there European counterparts? I am aware the the Swiss provided mercenaries during the Hundred Years War, and the Free Companies provided services to the English as well. Where there any others?
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