I am very confused at the moment as to what was going on religiously during the 1600's in England. The Google results I get are very scattered on the topic and I lack the context to understand them. I mainly am trying to get an idea of what caused the separatists to flee England to places like Holland and Plymouth. What were they escaping? what was The Church of England doing during this time? How did King James I tie into the picture?I need someone to point me in a good direction to some articles and possibly give me some context for the time period. Thank you for any help you can offer!

Long story short, I'm writing a paper, and while the topic of my paper is not the state of the Russian economy pre-revolution, it is pertinent to my topic and I'm just looking for some further reading on it. Thank you.

Explain how Greek religion, myth philosophy, and history are intertwined.

I know this is a really broad question, but I'm not sure where to begin. I'd like to learn a bit about Christianity from when it became the state religion of the Roman Empire until the Schism in 1054. Some of the more specific topics I was interested were the multiple councils, the different sects, the differences between the sects, what caused them to split, and how Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy began to evolve into the more defined different versions that we know today. Again I know this is very broad, so I'd love to hear about further reading on more complicated subjects.

I am curious about the history of porn on the internet. When did video porn first appear online? I know scanned pornographic images were among the first things on the web. The time period I am most interested in is around 1993-94 which is when it really started to take off or so I heard. Also any info on how early porn sites were formatted and run would be greatly appreciated.

As the question indicates, when did the aerial patrol of the home country begin? Nowadays it's not uncommon to hear that a foreign military aircraft was discovered by patrol aeroplanes in a countries territory. This can also be heard in world war two when primarily German aircraft were intercepted over foreign territory. But How was this aerial patrol initiated and what were the first reasons for this?

Did Feudal Japan have a group of people that were knowledge keepers and scholars, like the monks in Medieval Europe? Even better, was there a Feudal Japanese equivalent to the fictional Measters from the A Song of Ice and Fire / Game of Thrones series? Individuals who were knowledgeable in the sciences, history, medicine, etc.?

I've recently been looking more into the Hellenistic period and the Successor kingdoms, as they have caught my attention as a very interested piece of history.

However, I haven't found much. I've found plenty of sources explaining what led up to the Successor kingdoms and the beginning of the Hellenistic Period, but not much helpful information for what happened through that time. From what I've seen, it gets overshadowed by Alexander the Great before and the Romans eventually ending it.

So, I'm looking for details on what happened, who butted heads, who took who's land, and why it happened. Does anyone know any good sources or reads for this kind of information?

Also this is my first post to reddit, I hope I'm doing it right ;-;

Although baths were not a daily ocurrence for the ancient rome or medieval times, they did use oils, grease (lards and fat), and it sticks like nothing else. Without soap, how did they cleaned themselves? I also don't think the old rags were abundant, so there must be some clever way of doing it.

EDIT: I know soap-like stuff existed, but was it commonplace enough for the average farmer, butcher, baker, etc, to have it for general cleaning like we do?

Sorry about the particularly broad question. I am an undergrad History major at the moment with potential plans of going to grad school for history and an eventual goal of maybe being a professor. However, I have no idea what it is like trying to pay for grad school in this field. I know that grad students in other fields, namely the sciences, can often pay for grad school by teaching, researching, and TAing during, but I don't know whether the situation is similar for students of History. As this sub is filled with professional historians, I figured you all would have some better insights perhaps than those over at /r/history.

Why did he send his approval to William before the invasion, what was his hate towards Harold. Sources would be much appreciated

I've been doing some reading on these topics recently, and I have a few questions for you guys.

To start with, I've started reading The View From Chapultepec by Cecil Robinson, and, while I've only worked my way through the introduction so far, I have found the book to be very interesting. It presents the Mexican American War from the point of view of the Mexican people, and the general view of the Mexican people, at least the intellectuals, is that this war, and the culture that the criollos established with their grasping for wealth, prestige and power early in the formation of the Mexican state.

It also places Santa Anna as a "personification and caricature" of the criollo era. Apparently, he is blamed for much of the problems with Mexico, and even with the loss of the war. It seems, however, that he was, although cruel, vain, and greedy, a very competent general, able to raise several armies fairly quickly, and also seeming to have lost his battle with Zachary Taylor because he thought that he was losing, and so retreated, allowing Taylor to win by default, and losing his battle with Winfield Scott because of political intrigue, in that a Mexican general who was a political opponent of his refused to move his troops into the position that Santa Anna requested. All in all, he seems like one of the more fascinating people that I have read about.

So, in light of all of this, my questions are:

Do you think that the Mexican American War, and the messy political state of Mexico's political independence still has wide ranging impact on Mexico?

How much of Santa Anna's reputation, in your opinion, is propaganda, and how much is true?

I will readily admit that I am just now starting to study this matter, and so welcome any corrections of view that you may have.