Hey Reddit, I've been playing a lot of cool medieval games lately, but they seem to be focusing mostly on the Late and High Middle ages. I was just wondering what are some cool aspects of the early Medieval era in Europe I may be missing, and what are some cool things I could research.

Thanks!

This is obviously a much researched dissertation topic, and I am looking to research a specific aspect of it for my dissertation next year. Any ideas?

Property rights were revoked when space could be used for military purposes. Protest rights were revoked presumably to maintain a consistent workforce while the government created compulsory civil services. Oswald Mosley was jailed and his followers interned - these are the more specific examples I had in mind. I was hoping to explore if the success of the Battle of Britain would vindicate contemporary governments curbing civil rights on the basis of potential threats to their people.

Dice at the time were made from ivory I believe, so why would they include them into the act which taxed printed materials? Was it an effort to tax gambling?

I'm obviously asking as a gamer who has seen the quarterstaff in a billion games since I was little. I have read in various places they were not used the way commonly depicted by both games and kung fu movies and so on (that they were used more like blunt two handed swords for beating), but I was really curious that if there was a European common use for them, as they show up so often in games with pseudo-European settings.

I can't imagine them being popular on a medieval battlefield, so what was their actual history or historical use?

I'm wondering if original audiences of Disney films took for granted that the films were exploiting stereotypes, for example, Pinocchio with a big nose being dishonest. Or, if those interpretations are more modern interpretations suggested by grad students and professors.

Just finished reading this, and am finding it incredible that such customs could've existed. How much of the book is fact?

When I was in middle school my history teacher told us about a profession in middle ages (what specific period I don't know) England where men would roam the streets with a bucket and cape. You could pay these men to do your business in their bucket while they covered you with their cape. What was this profession called? This is what I was for Halloween and I didn't know what to call myself.

I read about this in another thread about knights meeting each other on the battlefield. Apparently they would seek each other out not necessarily to kill each other, but to capture your enemy as a hostage and sell him back for money. So, what happened if this ransom isn't paid? Specifically: Did this happen? Did this (ransoms not being paid) affect even the wealthiest knights, or just petty nobles? I assume ransoms were designed to be payable, so what did it signify if the knight's lord (I assume they were the ones called upon to pay it) failed to pay it? What would happen to the knight?

I read the book the comic book history of comics but it Didn't seem to talk much about other nations save the briefly the French and Japanese industries so Im curious how all the different graphic traditions intermingled in the 20th century.

Is there a margin of error for using the surrounding findings to date all forms stone tools?

I am aware of some recordings Debussy made in 1904; are any earlier examples known?

I've been trying to find the etymological origin of these two rivers, but to no avail. Is it just coincidence that they share such close proximity and similarity of names?

I'm not sure if the answer lies too far back, or in a different field than history, any direction would be great!