Day of Reflection | October 13, 2014–October 19, 2014

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Welcome to this week's instalment of /r/AskHistorians' Day of Reflection. Nobody can read everything that appears here each day, so in this thread we invite you to share anything you'd like to highlight from the last week - an interesting discussion, an informative answer, an insightful question that was overlooked, or anything else.

itsallfolklore

/u/idjet has done great (and patient!) work with his/her AMA on medieval witchcraft, heresy, and the inquisition. He/she deserves our thanks.

TheBeautifulMayawati

I have a really specific unanswered one,

http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2jj9k2/is_the_indoeuropean_grave_culture_yamna_near/

So is the Indo-European 'Grave' culture Yamna near Anatolia etymologically related to the Vedic (and now Hindu, Buddhist) God of Death, Yama?

Lazar_Taxon

It might be tacky to boost my own question, but I'd really like some input on the origins of Columbus. I've seen a lot of claims in the press about Columbus not being Genoan, but I can't really find any scholarly literature addressing these claims.

Jasfss

I absolutely have to prop up /u/plaguefish's answer on the English education system ca 1800 and 1900. Really good read.