This week, ending in November 17 2016:
Today's thread is for open discussion of:
History in the academy
Historiographical disputes, debates and rivalries
Implications of historical theory both abstractly and in application
Philosophy of history
And so on
Regular participants in the Thursday threads should just keep doing what they've been doing; newcomers should take notice that this thread is meant for open discussion only of matters like those above, not just anything you like -- we'll have a thread on Friday for that, as usual.
Does anyone know Japanese history PHD doing Sengoku or Bakumatsu?
My economic map of koku output is proceeding steadily and I've finished most of Honshu. I want to both share it and look for other primary source of economic information. Like income from trade, mining, production, and the major roadways.
I have heard two (and a half) theories on how the cross became the symbol of christians.
asked my history professor and he said that it is still disputed as far as he knows.
One was that it came from the crucifix that Jesus was killed on
The other was that the symbol of Thor influenced it with the spread of Christianity through Gaul
The half: was that the crucifix was a mockery of Thor (as in die on the symbol of your god(s)) so it would be kinda combined with the above two but less noble
EDIT: this was a question btw. Is this still disputed? Do we know how it came about?
The war against the Turks/ planned Crusade against the Turks in Emperor Maximilians I (1459-1519) political conception / political view
Is it thought that people (at their core) have been the same all throughout the ages? Have people consistently had similar core agendas (self-serving) conscious or not?