I actually remembered to save posts for this week! That's a first in a long long time! This week I particularly enjoyed:

/u/Rittermeister and /u/Miles_Sine_Castrum's back and forth on violence and feudal government in the thread Why was the medieval period so violent?

I also quite enjoyed /u/racecar_ray's answer to In the Total War series of video games, catapults and similar pre-gunpowder siege weapons are often used against personnel in pitched battles. Is there any historical basis for this?

Hello there, all ye wonderful AskHistorianites, hope your weekend is going swimmingly! Here are some of the popular and/or interesting questions from last week, which did not get an answer yet:

/u/gimmebackmyfamily would like to know when and why did the term "yeoman" fall out of fashion in favor of the term "farmer"

/u/Wrothschild asked about the meanings behind the Roman concept of “Dignitas”

/u/saddetective87 inquired about the treatment of wounded soldiers during battle in 17th and 18th century European warfare

A bit late as I had a busy weekend, but here we go:

• /u/sunagainstgold on "What happened to the given name/first name pool between the 11th and the 16th century for it to be so reduced in France or England?"

• /u/deverence on "What was Infantry training like just prior to and during WW2?"

• /u/thucydideswasawesome on "My APUSH teacher claims that historians agree that the USS Maine exploded accidentally, however I have heard there is no historical consensus. What do modern historians actually think happened to the USS Maine?"

Linking my question on the 1922 supplement to the 11th edition of the Encylopædia Britannica for /u/NMW 's benefit.