I took my sweet time to answer this question about the evolution of Byzantine court dress, so I guess not many were probably able to see it. Maybe it is of some interest.

Shoutout to u/nientedenada for a cool tidbit on historical Japanese menstruation pads.

Hello there my AskHistorians comrades! I hope everyone’s weekend is working at 110% of the planned awesomeness. Here are some of the popular and/or interesting questions from last week, which did not get an answer yet:

/u/BBEKKS asked where did the "dunce" hat come from

/u/eeeeeep would like to know in which practical and specific ways did the House of Saud promote the Wahhabist school of Sunni Islam as orthodoxy around the world during the 20th century

/u/ClaudeDebooby wants to know how exactly did Hindenburg and Ludendorff take power from the Kaiser during WW1?

A little late, but here we go:

• /u/hillsonghoods on "I'm an adult in the 1960s US, and I want to see the Beatles when they come to NY next month. Since there's no internet, how do I buy my ticket? Where do I get the ticket from?"

• /u/Ornlu_Wolfjarl answered "As the Ottomans expanded into Byzantine territory what happened to the Byzantine nobility/large landholders?"

• /u/WRCousCous on "How did the dandelion, an edible and remarkably versatile plant, come to be classified as a weed?"

I wonder if anyone could find time to answer my question about The French Republican Calendar?

I've been taking an interest in Revolutionary France of late and don't often see questions about the period on this sub.