Today:
Welcome to this week's instalment of /r/AskHistorians' Sunday Digest (formerly the Day of Reflection). Nobody can read all the questions and answers that are posted here, 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.
Ok, here's Zhukov's weekly rundown. Doing this in threes this time around to ping people properly:
/u/turtleeatingalderman answered Did the framers of the U.S. Constitution discuss whether it should be possible for states to secede?
/u/krishaperkins answered both What factor did food play in the Mongols' conquests in Asia? and What are the military equivalents between the Mongol and Roman empires? For example, is there a Mongol version of the Praetorian Guard or the Roman Legion?
Shoutout to /u/shlin28 for explaining Justinian of the Byzantine Empire: is he a 'good' emperor? How historians viewed his reign and his conquest? and What is historian's view on Procupius' Secret History? How historians compared Secret History with The Wars of Justinian?. Both serves as excellent commentary/critique on the ongoing Extra History series on Justinian and Theodora.
Some of my highlights from this week:
/u/restricteddata on Why should I believe what a historian writes?
/u/textandtrowel on Why is Braudel's Mediterranean so important? and on What happened to Irish Slaves sold to Muslim Spain by the Vikings?
/u/Valkine on How accurate was the siege warfare in Kingdom of Heaven?
/u/Angharat on Frankish and Visigothic names
/u/rosemary85 on Are all the Tales of the Epic/Trojan Cycle regarded as 'canon'?
I am very pleased that my question Were there charter companies involved in colonial ventures for Spain and Portugal got two very good answers from /u/legendarytubahero and /u/terminus-trantor that addressed Spain and Portugal, respectively.