I have read numerous sources which say it meant "worthy of praise" but as to its history I could find nothing. There was also one post here about its origins but it went no deeper than describing the etymology, so I thought it would be okay to ask again. Any info is greatly appreciated!

I've heard stories about this, but it sounds kinda far fetched. The story typically goes that a British soldier gets seperated from their unit in the chaos of combat, either wanders around looking for their unit or waits in place until fellow soldiers arrive, and ends up arrested, charged with desertion, and executed. This seems to be cartoonish in how unreasonable it is, given that getting seperated from one's unit is very common. Yet I hear it all the time. Is there any documented case of it actually happening?

So yeah, I'm doing my dissertation for my final year of a BA in History and while I'm fairly set as far as devouring recent (and not so recent) biographies of Napoleon and histories of the Empire, I'm embarrassingly short on knowledge of ideal primary sources (obviously I know about Benjamin Constant, Madame de Stael, etc. but couldn't honestly tell you how accessible the French texts are). Any suggestions/condemnations/rants about my incompetence as a a student would be welcome :)

The first line of the second verse is:

Deutsche Frauen, deutsche Treue, Deutscher Wein und deutscher Sang

Which translates to:

German women, German loyalty, German wine and German song

Why is it that wine was emphasized over beer? Since beer is so ubiquitous in German culture today, was there some sort of cultural shift that led to wine becoming less important than beer?

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When someone posts a request for information here, most times a moderator will comment that the question has been asked previously and they will link the previous post. As with all Reddit posts, there is always a great risk that the comments would have led to a new subset of subject matter. And because these previous posts could have been linked and re linked to a post over a year ago, they are archived and you cannot comment on them and ask another question pertaining to that topic.

Sometimes, 100% of the history of a topic was not covered in the previous posts. Something was missed or a revered scholar in that very narrow subject was not involved that day.

Is there some way that the OP can state that they would like a brand new discussion to be held?

Doesn't it seem much easier to throw?

I want to make a as historically accurate as possible viking shield, suit of armor, set of clothing, etc. Do you guys know any historically accurate and detailed depiction of a viking equipment.

Or maybe you can give me info like should I make the shield with one big board or planks ? What type of ringmails ? The historical accuracy is really the most important for me, not comfort or budget.

I also do plan on buying a shield boss, an ace head and a spear head since I don't have access to a forge. Would you recommend any historical artisans for this ?

I've recently been fixated on the rise and fall of the Mongol Empire. Aside from the 50 million plus deaths that occurred as a direct result of the Mongol conquests, what we're it's pros and cons?

I've seen a few documentaries and testimonies of Nuremberg, and it seems most Nazis on trial were shocked they were even there. "This is an outrage, I was only following orders, how dare you do this to me", etc.

Were they honestly surprised the Allies wanted to punish them? Did they imagine after a catastrophic genocidal war, the Allies would just be like "Good effort, cheerio chaps. Run along now"?

How did one become one, did they just have battlefield experience, what social status was required and how varied were the backgrounds of the men who did this?

Two vast continents were discovered by the Europeans in the Age of Discovery, and in both North and South America material technologies never developed the sophistication that we see in the other continents of the time. I'm in no way implying any group's superiority to the other, but what are some reasons the New World developed they way it did?

I read an article on the BBC about the pope canonising a certain Junipero Serra who is loved by the Hispanic community but not really liked by the natives, so my question is why is he so controversial?

I was wondering why so many Ancient/classical armies made such extensive use of javelin units.

Why was this?

Wouldn't archers have a greater rate of fire and more range?

Clearly the javelin wouldn't have stayed in use for so long if it wasn't a very useful weapon - so I'm asking: what made it so common for so long?

Edit: some great answers. Thank you all.