I have been looking for information about witchcraft or witch hunts in Portugal in the middle ages or any point in history really, but can't really seem to find much. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I'm looking for some historical context regarding the 2000 Bush v. Gore decision, not any analysis of that actual case (which would violate the 20-year rule). In Bush v. Gore, the majority opinion stated that its ruling applied only to present circumstances and could not be used as precedent in any future court cases. Are there historical examples of such a decision being made in the past?

"What comes up, must go down" - so shooting up at bombers can't have been safe, right?

Hey guys, I was looking for the best book I could pick up on the history of AJ. best would be defined as most comprehensive and unbiased history. Thanks!

A question I've pondered for a while is how does a historian keep their bias in check? For instance, I intend to become a historian primary studying Polish history. However, as a Pole and self-described patriot, I would be inclined to paint Poland in good light, and rivals of Poland (i.e. Russia) as villains. Thus, how would I keep my love for king and country outside of my writings in order to maintain objectivity? Is that even possible, or should I just study Classical Civilization instead (where I have much less bias)? Furthermore, is bias a problem in academic history?

I guess my question is about how the theory behind our "tolerances" have evolved, and the technologies used in pushing it's evolution forward.

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What was the Byzantine reaction to the Papacy declaring Charlemagne as Emperor? Did the position of the Eastern Empire change throughout the latter period of its life?

There is also a huge disparity in HDI or human development index of these former colonies. What are the reasons behind these differences?

Hi, I very often see them referenced and discussed, but I have very little idea of how they operate . so, maybe ww1 British DC crews or Ww2 Japanese DC crews... For example;

Different crews for different ships?(could a carrier DC member work on a battleship?) Accessibility of supplies, and efficacy after catastrophic damage: how on earth do they seemingly replace vital parts of the ship within a few hours? Survival rate for the crews on ships that sank or took heavy damage How did they work efficiently on the ship before portable radio -these are just a few talking points , honestly I'm really interested about everything 20th century navy, so please just go on a tear if you know anything about it, thanks!

I was recently talking to my grandfather who is a WW2 vet and was a navigator on a B-29 Bomber. The missions he flew were exclusively at night and they had the bottom of their plane painted black to help camouflage themselves from spotlights. He mentioned that when they were caught in a spotlight by the Japanese, they would turn off the spotlight before firing at the plane, thus giving the B-29 crew the chance to dodge the fire of the guns. My grandfather concluded, unlikely as it seems, that they didn't have enough power to fire the guns while keeping the spotlight on. Does anyone have any knowledge of why this happened? Or did it not?

Time frame is flexible.

Given that the US was heavily involved in SE Asia and civil discord and anti-War sentiment in the US, what prevented the North Koreans from taking advantage of the situation and invading the South? Did the US military presence in SK intimidate them? Did China or the USSR talk them out of it? Did Kim il Sung have second thoughts given that he was nearly overthrown after his defeat in the Korean War? Did North Korea feel the South had surpassed them in military capabilities?

Today, we have books like the Hunger Games, Game of Thrones, The Shining, etc. but if a thousand years from now someone dug one of these books up and read it, would they think that the story of a girl who murdered her peers while also finding government corruption to be real? Why are most texts and writings we find today that were written about 600 or more years ago considered to be actual accounts? Why can't some just be fictional stories or author thought theories? The only one I can think of that is a fictional story is the Epic of Gilgamesh.

General Patton was reportedly a big fan, did any of his adversaries share his views?