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.
/u/shlin28 gave [an excellent series of responses] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/50zbbl/what_was_rome_like_under_ostrogothic_rule_did/) on Ostrogothic Italy and the continuation of Roman institutions.
Rundown:
/u/sunagainstgold answered "Were the bodies of suicide victims decapitated in Medieval Europe (c.12th Century) a la Scott's "Kingdom of Heaven"?" and on "From Wikipedia: "The Miracle of 1511 (Dutch: De sneeuwpoppen van 1511) was a protest in Brussels, Belgium, against the country's government, in which the locals protested by building approximately 110 satirical and pornographic snowmen." Can I please get more info and the overall context of this?"
/u/rhodis on "Who killed the Princes in the tower, and what was the thinking behind it?"
On a slightly self-promoting note, I addressed 13th century armour and the question of what makes a reproduction object 'authentic' in this answer.
It was lower in the thread bc the sheer number of upvotes the top answer got, but I really liked /u/ErzherzogKarl 's answer on why Napoleon lost his battles mostly towards the end of his career.