This is especially the case in Britain and France, where grenadier units were seen as significantly more prestigious than other line or mounted infantry units.

Even though it isn´t consider a revolution, I know, that in the sixties only a small fraction of the population toke part in the social change movement. If I remember correctly, for Germany it was something like 3 to 7%. How many where part of the Russian or French Revolution? If you have sources for any further details, I´d appreciate that as well. Thanks.

Or was there no off-time? Was a roman Legionnaire expected to be building, fighting, or resting during his entire tenure?

And if they did have times for game and/or sport, what would they have played?

I have been unable to find a list anywhere that indexes which Japanese corporations used American or other soldiers and civilians as slave labor during WWII, or the 2nd Sino-Japanese war.

I am interested which Japanese multinationals in existence today committed these crimes, or if there are successor companies, or parent companies which could be considered continuations of these offenders.

I'm fairly sure Mitsubishi is on this list. Who else?

Thanks!

As the title says, why did this happen? I was reading Robert Ferguson's The Vikings and it had stated that the reason why Christianity had become so popular in Scandinavia was because it resonated with mainly women and slaves. How accurate is that statement?

I'm curious about what kind of people would be accepted into the RAF as a pilot during the second world war. Would they be from the very educated upper middle classes as films and stereotypes depict, or would they come from all kinds of backgrounds?

Secondly, what was the training process like? I know that for modern fighter pilots they can train for up to 4 years! Obviously time was of the essence during the war and the aircraft were pretty basic in comparison.

I've picked post Battle of Britain because I imagined demand wouldn't have been as high and so more time could be spent on picking the best recruits.

Thanks!

Hello /r/AskHistorians

My family is originally from Anatolia and from what I gather they never lived in Armenia (like most diasporans).

Asking my uncles/grand-parents it seems that they probably either migrated a very long time ago from Armenia to Armenia, lived there since the Roman/Byzantine Empire Era or when Anatolia was part of Armenia Major.

I'm looking for an explanation or texts that discuss this subject. Why did the Armenians (and Greeks) stay in Anatolia after it was first conquered by the Seljuk Turks? What were the living conditions of Christians under the Turks? Why would they not go to Armenia where they would be treated better? Did they think that the Turks would go away or simply get used to the fact of living amongst their conquerors?

This subject is very interesting to me and I wish to learn more about this subject. I look forward to seeing your answers.

Did it develop before or during his term? Was the public aware of it? Did it affect his job performance/policies?

I thought of this question because the job seems stressful enough to cause depression or anxiety disorders all by itself, especially for someone like Lincoln or FDR. Plus everyone always comments on how much older Obama or Bush looked when comparing before- and after- term pictures. And Teddy Roosevelt always sounded a bit manic to me.

People never seem to stop talking about insane monarchs, but I've never heard a President described as psychologically afflicted, even by his enemies.

Right, so my question is how could a, at the time, geographically small entity such as Rome in 281 BC could field an army of 40,000 against Pyrrhus despite the fact that at the time they only controlled central Italy. Meanwhile, the Holy Roman Empire during the dark ages could only field a couple thousand at most despite "controlling" most of Europe. This screams logistical changes, and I may be wrong, but in the case it was a logistical change, what was it? Also how did logistics fall so far that knowledge of amassing armies from a thousand years earlier was somehow more advanced?

After taking EURO it seems like a lot of older rulers really didn't like the jews. But why?

As I understand it, from the Marian reforms until Hadrian it was common for veteran Roman Legionaries to be given land when they ended their service. This raises a few questions

1. Was a grant of land actually a common occurrence for retired legionnaires to receive?
2. Was the land intended to be used as a farm? If so, was the legionnaire responsible for purchasing the equipment needed to make it productive, or would that be included as part of the deal
3. Related to 2, what happened to legionnaires recruited from the cities? Were they taught how to farm, or were they on their own?
4. Where did the land come from?
5. Were the veterans always settled together, or could they be spread out?

Between perfect nutrition, supplements, steroids, and great technology made specifically to make one "big," I'd imagine we have a leg up on the famous soldiers like the Spartans and such, but how much of a gap was there? Or was there even one for some of the more famously strong in the past? On that note, what was common knowledge for getting tougher? I'm assuming most just became as strong as their job required, but then what was used to get beyond that?

I'm researching content for a novel and part of the back story takes place in this time. I was wondering specifically if English people would/could speak German or Spanish and if migration was common in this time. The characters are a part of the royal court (though they're not royalty) and consist of Earls; families of nobility. Thank you for any responses.

Edit: Follow-on question. Were there any Earls in history who abruptly fled England during Henry VIII reign?

I realise middle ages is rather a broad time frame but I come at this question with a general interest rather than a specific concern.

So How did they operate? Were there always enough wars to keep them in business? What happened if there weren't? Was looting considered a perk of the job? How organised were they? Any info of this nature would be appreciated as would book recommendations.

Eg. the Huns, the Xiongnu, the Mughals, the Turks or indeed the Mongols?

Was it to do with the harsh climate, or the warrior/horse-based cultures they had?