Did Roman rule play a big part in it (if so, why?) or is there just very little evidence of literature from this period?

Were the Britons using some written form of their language before the Romans came? If so, what sore of characters might they have used?

Given Nero's rather brutal reputation, what with the ordered suicide of Seneca, Christian persecution, and allegedly playing an instrument while Rome was on fire, its easy to imagine that he wasn't the most popular. But do we have any accurate sources describing how the public regarded him in the following years, and how they regarded him during his reign? As an additional question, what would everyday life for the common citizen have been like in 69 C.E, during the Year of Four Emperors?

In a letter dated Jan. 24, 1774, James Madison writes to William Bradford: "I am pleased that you are going to converse with the Edwards and Henrys and Charleses, &c., &c., who have swayed the British sceptre, though I believe you will find some of them dirty and unprofitable companions, unless you will glean instruction from their follies, and fall more in love with liberty by beholding such detestable pictures of tyranny and cruelty."

Who are the "Edwards and Henrys and Charleses" to whom he's referring?

Thanks in advance.

I know that all the principal belligerent of WW2 use horses for a number of roles, mostly logistics. I read that the Red Army use cavalry together with their tank units paints quite an interesting image in my mind.

My question is, are they akin to dragoons that the cavalry men ride alongside the mechanised components?

When we hear someone talking about the Umayyad's or the Abbasid's

Are those just dynasty's? or... something else?

I would also include parts of Shropshire etc. in my question, as I gather that the county borders were not all static.

I understand that the administrative and legal base was at some point established at Ludlow castle. I would be particularly interested in what that entailed, and any precursors. For example, the scale and focus of activities and processes relating to individual land tenure and heraldic entitlements at non-peerage levels - the Visitations were not yet underway, so what was their forerunner; and did they conduct any kind of survey for revenue and fealty purposes; and do we know to what extent Welsh speakers gained high office to assist with overcoming language barriers?

It's all in the title. Thanks!

Is it wrong that I am convinced by it? In history class we talked about how before renaissance humanism started it was very religious and not much was done. Even when renaissance humanism started the church resisted it conservatively. What makes it not true and a bad argument towards the "conflict thesis"? [

Did, for example, the French-speaking Swiss try to join revolutionary France? During German unification, were there attempts to include the German-speaking parts of Switzerland? How about the Italians?

Did the great powers (France, Austria, later Germany) try to enlist local nationalists to gain more influence?

It's interesting how multi-ethnic Switzerland survived the wave of nationalisms that swept throughout Europe. Was it because of comparatively greater civil liberties that peoples of Switzerland weren't eager to rebel against the state? Or they did but were crushed?

I just found on the internet that the tomb of Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire has been discovered. I have seen kids school textbooks where he is considered to be a great man, the fountain of justice and a symbol of the power and prestige of Islam.

Anyways, I just did a quick search on Wikipedia, and I was shocked to find that there was a tradition of fratricide under a framework of Islamic Law in the Ottoman Empire. In addition, the Sultan also killed his sons!!

Here is an excerpt from Wikipedia:

One example of Kanun was the "law of fratricide", which required the new sultan to kill all his brothers upon ascending the throne, and had been enacted for fear of a repetition of the fratricidal conflicts that had plagued early successions.

Can someone explain, what was this law of fratricide in the Ottoman Empire and why it was created? More importantly, how was this even acceptable anyway?

Bonus Question: Why did the Sultan kill his sons?

If so, how did it happen and why?

I always have been fascinated by what people ate in recent and ancient times, and the creative processes they used to cook their foods. Isn't it fascinating that if you were to look at the avant garde recipe books of the mid-20th century, all you'd see was savory gelatin salads?From European head cheese, to Polish galantine, to French terrines, to meat jelly, to aspic, to the American Betty Crocker Jello salad. What gives? I'd be pretty sad if it was just a fad.

How has the study of history changed over the years? Are there any historians in particular that have completely changed the way the field is pursued (like Darwin for biology or Newton for physics/mathematics) or has the field evolved more gradually?

Extra question: Are there any important "big picture" questions in history today that transcend specific subfields?

I'm coming from the perspective of someone trained in science - I just realized that I know many important scientific figures, but I know nothing about the big figures in history.

I would like to know if anyone has some good literature on either of them two. Such as a good book about their life?

Any historical texts that show this epiphany and the reactions of Europeans?

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