When pirates were arrested for acting without a letter of mark, how did they not just slip beach into society somewhere else when there were no photos / quick forms of communication to identify them?

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Was Nancy Reagan really good at oral sex?

It’s was a massive meme last year. And I saw it recently on a TikTok. But is it actually true? I know it comes from her unauthorized biography. Are unauthorized biographies accurate?

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Is it accurate that women in America could not open bank accounts until the 1960s? Which law allowed this?

hey all!

looking for some detail on this, as a very brief point in a paper I'm writing. it's literally just one part of one sentence, but I think it's a really powerful point and I don't want to be full of shit.

I know women were routinely discriminated against if trying to get credit until 1974 ... but what about just opening a bank account?

was it actually banned for women to open their own bank accounts, or was it just that they were not guaranteed the right so they were effectively not allowed? I imagine this varied between states as well?

did this apply to all women, just married women, etc?

I am trying really hard to find some source or actual law for what actually "gave women the right to open a personal bank account in 1960", but I can only find basically this single general statement with no citation, from random banks' websites making posts about financial history and stuff lol..

someone help me pleeeease :B

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Can someone why new evidence of a large scale migration in late/post Roman Britain is controversial?

I read this article https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dna-from-skeletons-reveals-large-migration-to-early-medieval-england-180980829/ and from what I have gathered following the discuss around it is controversial. What exactly are people arguing about when it comes to the migration into Britain in the early Medieval period?

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What is the pre-Jimmy Buffett history of the "island escapism" genre in American culture throughout the 20th century?

Jimmy Buffett is often regarded as the founder of the island escapism genre (in music and beyond), or at least responsible for bringing it to the average American. What were some foundational elements or artifacts that he drew on in building this genre of culture?

I'm aware that Hawaii becoming a US state led to an increase in American travel in the Pacific, and that the post-WWII proliferation of airbases led to increased travel, but I'm curious to learn about anything related to Pacific or Caribbean island culture seeping into mainstream American pop culture- the timelines, key individuals, and trends, for music, film, dress, festivals, and more. This could potentially be a very large topic but any deep dives are appreciated!

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How aware were Medieval Icelanders of the Great Schism of 1054?

Christianity was still new to Iceland was still new to Icelanders in 1054. How aware would they be of the split between Eastern and Western Christianity?

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During the Middle Ages, were male virgins seen as losers?

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Is The lions Led By Donkeys podcast trustworthy?

So it was a bit of a while ago that I listened so some of my criticism might not be applicable to them now but I just to listen to a podcast called “Lions By Donkeys” and while I thought that the host (Joe Kassabian) was clearly smart and highly educated, he did come across as one of those amateur historians who seem a bit too focused on western imperialism and so kinda infantilises a lot of countries and makes world history seem a bit to much like “non-western country has it good, then western influence or imperialism causes every problem said country faces today”. Like i remember in the Pol Pot series he did a while back he claimed the us bombing campaign in Cambodia is what helped Pol Pot get into power, even though I’ve heard that a lot of historians disagree with that assessment and that there was no correlation between said bombing campaign and Pol Pot coming into power. It also seems that he’s a bit obsessed with historical episodes of western military expeditions/invasions more then non western ones (like he had series on the Pancho Villa expedition, Us-Philippine war and so on, yet that not any on say the Sino Indian war, Mongol invasions etc). Also there’s the one time he (imo) grossly lightly praised Ayatollah Khomeini because he claimed the us-supported shah was so much worse then him in his Iran-Iraq war series, which makes me feel he overall has an annoying pre-determined aggressive attitude towards the us and the west in general. Was I wrong in thinking that though? I came here to ask if there any historians here who have listened or are at the very least aware of the podcast and if so what do they think about it?

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Was there a plan in place if Hitler had been captured alive?

This is more from the American/British perspective as I think had the Soviet’s got their hands on a living Hitler, the answer would be very different.

I find it a fascinating thought experiment to consider how Hitlers capture, trial (would he have been with the rest at Nuremburg?) and almost certainly execution would have played out, but I’m curious if there was an actual plan in place for his capture and how it’s aftermath would have been handled?

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Do you consider the Irish Famine a genocide or famine and why?

Posted in r/Ireland earlier after a conversation i had about the famine. My friend and i consider it a genocide while the other said it was just a famine. Im Irish myself so definitely biased but I cant understand why it is not recognised as a genocide. Go raibh míle ☘

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How Do I Find JSTOR Articles That Are Actually Relevant?

Hello,

I am a Junior in college majoring in History w/ a concentration in Secondary Education so I can teach high school social studies. I am writing a paper in my U.S. Historical Geography course concerning the U.S. Civil War and the effects of historical geography on different battles (i.e. terrain, disease pathology, human-environment interaction). My college has access to JSTOR, but it is a love-hate relationship. Some paper topics are easy to research using JSTOR, while others, such as any topic I could have chosen from this super niche class of Historical Geography, seem virtually impossible to write effectively. I have tried every search tip as I can to find relevant sources, including the advanced search where you include multiple keywords that are all allegedly included in the papers. However, when I search things like "American Civil War," + "Historical Geography," + "Nature." I get a horde of irrelevant articles. I have found about fifty articles so far, and have only included seven in my annotated bibliography, with only three being more than just vague mentions of the impact of geographical challenges during the Civil War. Other articles that randomly pop up include things like "National Tourism during the Spanish Civil War," "The Saltwater Revolution: the Oceanography Civil War," and "The War on Drugs in the Modern United States." This irrelevance of sources makes me want to rip my hair out. So, please help me out with this:

  1. What am I doing wrong with my searches?
  2. Is there any other peer-reviewed database for historians that I can use for free (or with college access)?

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Danish King Christian IV - were there any cargoes bought with the declared price?

"In the 16th century, Danish king Christian IV required captains of ships passing by Denmark to pay taxes.

They were allowed to declare their cargo at whatever value they chose, without further audit, but the king reserved the right to buy the cargo at that price."

I saw this on twitter at quikipedia and instantly wanted to as if this is correct and were there any cargoes which were in fact bought for the declared price?

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Across England there are hundreds of ruined castles, monasteries and other ancient buildings. Why is it that societies of the day chose to stop looting ruined buildings for construction materials etc and leave what is left, Standing?

I am currently studying the conservation movement within the UK and I have yet to find the answer as to why places such as the Grace Dieu Priory have been left standing, rather than being completely demolished. Especially as they were destroyed before the conservation movements of the 17th and 18th centuries

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‘Don’t mention the war!”, or, When did Germans become tourists again in post-WWII Europe and how were they received?

I have recently been traveling extensively through the mountain villages of Crete, and so many have memorials to the deaths of local residents during WWII. In some villages all the men and boys were rounded up and killed. Even the food culture here records stories of foods that are bittersweet now because they were foods of survival during the war. This is not to mention the absolute holocaust of Greek Jews. At the same time, there are many German tourists here and very often websites for Cretan resources are presented in Greek, English, and German. This has really made me wonder how on earth the people of countries so damaged by Germany ever began to accept Germans as visitors, and how Germans had the confidence to go as tourists.

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Did any captured Africans, on their way to slavery, successfully manage to not only revolt on the ship but seize control and steer it to land during the trans Atlantic slave trade?

Since there were successful revolts on the slave ships now and then, that to my knowledge usually lead to the death of everyone on board considering it's a rather violent (entirely justified violence on the Africans part) event on a boat in the middle of the ocean. But did any revolts happen early enough during the boats trip that it could be turned around, and the soon to be slaves could actually escape with their life?

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Did Arian Christian Goths and Vandals venerate saints?

I’ve always wondered if the Arian Goths and Vandals had saints like the Catholics did.

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Did the New World Harbor Any Diseases That Explorers Had Not Encountered Before?

Plagues brought by colonizers decimated native populations, but did any plagues go in the other direction and spread amongst the colonizers upon contact with native populations?

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How accurate were the charts of our world just before the advent of GPS?

I wonder if coastlines were not where they were depicted, or a city was misplaced by a kilometer, something along these lines. Thanks for considering!

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Is there a book thats kind of like a prequel to Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire?

Hi I’ve been reading The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (im gonna abreviate it down to HDFRE for short) recently. I am just wondering if anyone would have any recomendations on either a series of books or similar that tackles the rise of Rome. Reading about its fall really makes me want to read about its rise in a similar enough fashion as i can read books way easier than otherwise for me to be entertained. The deeper dive and not glossing over style of the books is more of what im looking for. If anyone has any suggestions they would be greatly appreciated.

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How were bodies actually buried in Neolithic European Cairns?

I have been reading a lot about the neolithic era, especially burial traditions, but I have noticed that a lot of articles on cairns talk a lot about the construction of the monuments but not a lot about how they were actually used to bury the dead. How were bodies actually placed within a cairn? Were they cremated, buried, left to rot?

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In old cartoons, a character will give alum to another character to make them pucker (notably in the Bugs Bunny cartoon "Long-Haired Hare" Where did this trope come from? Did people just keep alum laying around for medicinal purposes?

As a layperson, I've only heard of alum being used in water treatment facilities, IIRC (I think I read about this in a Magic School Bus book when I was a tadpole).

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Did late Romans really suffer from chronic lead poisoning?

I have heard many people claim that the lead pipes used to deliver drinking water in Rome lead to widespread poisoning, and even claim that this led to the fall of Rome. Is there any truth to this?

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Why wasn't chainmail used by colonial armies?

I understand that a musket ball would easily pierce through chain mail, but wouldn't mail armor still be effective against bayonets? There must be a reason why armies dropped mail armor during this time and I can't find any information as to its effectiveness against a 18th century bayonet. I'd imagine it would at least offer some protection

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Were Inca and Aztec buildings repurposed by the spanish?

Did spanish colonizers reutilize Inca and Aztec mining facilities and infrastructure when establishing colonies in America? I know that in Cuzco some buildings and such were repurposed to become churches and other things and that in Mexico the Aztec buildings weren’t so lucky. How did that reflect on mining buildings, tho?

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