I would like to apply for an extension of my flair. I'm not sure exactly what it should say but I think that "Conversion in Northern Europe" doesn't quite fully describe what I'm able to write on.

This is on the cultural connections between the Anglo-Saxons and their continental brethren

This is on the viking conquests of England

This is on Anglo-Saxon court life and its relationship with continental powers

And finally one on the situation with Denmark immediately following the Norman Conquest

I'd like to throw my hat in the ring for the FAQ Finder flair. I think I have a pretty good handle on the FAQ and on finding previous posts. Some examples:

• On the theory that Hitler didn't really die in 1945

• On Medieval Church services

• On travel between the Union and Confederacy in the American Civil War

• On the accuracy of Voltaire's famous "neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire" quip

• On the collapse of the Soviet Union

• On the decline of the Byzantine Empire

• On Spain in the First World War

• On race relations in ancient Rome

• On vision issues in the past

• On the rise of the tomato in Italian cuisine (This one was a bit of a cheat because I only shared a previous compilation of topics)

• On how Boston became so predominantly Catholic

• On the origins of the stereotype of Asians as "yellow"

As you can see, I always link to the users that created the answers that I'm linking, and I follow the civility/rudeness guidelines. I've found straightforward answers (i.e. the Hitler ones), and I've found more abstract ones (i.e. the answer about how Boston became so Catholic). You won't find me behaving in an unsavory way elsewhere on Reddit (aside from the fact that I'm a Patriots fan). I'd love to be a flaired member of this community, because it really is an amazing forum and it's given me endless hours of entertainment, but if I don't make the cut, I'll still be doing my best to find FAQ posts and link older answers.

Thanks!

I'd like to apply for flair in "Early Modern Jesuits | Early Modern Drama" if I can. Let me know if anything's not in order or if there's any behaviors you'd like to see in the future! (I promise I can stop using the word "jizz" if required.)

Answers:

• [Early Modern Jesuit missions and Japanese Christian religiosity in Martin Scorsese's Silence] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7v4wdf/in_martin_scorseses_film_silence_japanese/dtqt39r/)

• Depictions of Jesuits in James Clavell's Shogun

• What would Hamlet have worn?

• Were witch hunts gynocides/what were (late medieval and early modern) witch hunts?

• History of drag in the gay community

Hi. I’m still relatively new here, but thought I might give flair application a shot. Perhaps something like “Late Medieval English Literature and Book History”? Too long, maybe?

I’ve been working in medieval literature and history for about five years, and have a (cumbersomely titled) “MPhil in English Studies (Medieval Period)”. I work mostly on English literary culture of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, with a particular interest in manuscript production and textual transmission. I live for the day that someone wants to know about vernacular Wycliffism.

Here are some examples of my more thorough posts based on secondary material:

• On the ins and outs of medieval book production

• On knights as court(ly) poets

• On the association of Valentine’s Day with courtship

And some less comprehensive answers that put a greater emphasis on primary material:

• On sleep in medical-literary sources

• On the status of Gaelic in Older Scots literary culture

Hello!

I'd like to apply for the following flair: "Art History | Medieval and Renaissance Europe"

I am currently an adjunct professor of art history; I received my PhD in the field from Rutgers University (pm for teaching specifics or details).

Some of my comments from the past six months:

• When people say Brunelleschi 'reintroduced' the classical orders of architecture, what are they referencing? What exactly did he incorporate that contemporary architects weren't using?

• Why does nearly every form of art depict Jesus as having long hair despite there being no mention of this in the Bible?

• Where does the stereotype of the 'difficult, tortured, artistic genius' come from?

• Iconoclasm and the Ten Commandments

• Would your average peasant in, say, Provençal France circa 1300 CE understand the (presumably) Latin mass they were attending? Were the homilies (lessons) also in Latin? Why were some prayers preserved in their original(?) Greek and others in Latin? Still a conversational language at this point?

• Did Raphael, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci ever meet in person?

Thank you for your consideration!

Hello, it was suggested to me that I apply for flair. My realm of expertise is genocide studies with a particular focus on Cambodian history and the Khmer Rouge period between 1975-1979. I graduated from Monash University in 2011 and I am currently doing Post-graduate study there. I am certainly no expert on the matter - but I am familiar with the literature, and I have travelled in Cambodia numerous times. Last time I took the time to meet the Director of the Tuol Sleng museum and do a small amount of volunteer work for them. I guess I have closely studied the period for a number of years now. I was even lucky enough to have David Chandler - one of the most prominent scholars of Cambodian history - as my thesis supervisor for a short period of time.

In the ten years or so I've been fascinated with Cambodia I've also amassed quite a substantial collection of books relating to the period so I have most of the relevant literature on hand to answer questions with. Aside from working on my thesis about KR ideology I also produce a history podcast called 'in the shadows of utopia', which means a lot of my spare time is spent just reading about genocide and Cambodian history.

Here are some links to comments I've made since getting involved in this sub a few weeks ago:

Use of the term 'genocide' in relation to Khmer Rouge crimes

Aftermath of KR

Cambodia before the Khmer Rouge (in relation to Thailand and Vietnam)

What happened to the Khmer Empire?

In most of these I've welcomed follow up questions and given some weighty responses as well.

I guess a relevant 'flair' would be Cambodian History | The Khmer Rouge

Cheers, Locky

Hello,

I would like to apply for a Middle Eastern flair with the text "Safavid Iran" (a tad broad, I know, but there are so few questions on it anyway and they're usually very general; I feel confident stringing together an answer on any question pertaining to the Safavids except for scientific history, where the historiography is small and largely unconnected to the rest of the study of the subject).

I submit the following answers for your approval:

On the rise to power of Shah Isma'il.

On the decline and fall of the Safavid dynasty

On Iran in the 1640s and 1650s.

I realise that 3 questions is not very many, but there are very few questions on my field which come up; so to demonstrate that I am active here, some smaller questions/book requests answered: [1] [2], [3] and [4]

Thank you for considering me! I quite understand if this isn't enough, or if the answers are lacking in some respect :) I'm a doctoral student studying Safavid history, so hopefully my answers will only improve as I read and research more. Hopefully. Maybe :P.

I'd like to apply for a flair, probably "19th Century France." I have no particular academic training but read broadly in history and history-adjacent fields, and have been particularly knee-deep in researching a pending project on France from 1814-1914. ("France 1814-1914" would also be an acceptable tag, but so far my research has been focused on the earlier part of the period, which means I have been reading and discussing the revolutionary period and haven't yet done much on the post-Dreyfus period.) I'd be okay with "Quality Contributor" if you feel my answers so far are too generalist and insufficiently specialized.

Here are the answers I've written that touch directly on 19th Century France:

• My two-part answer (with added follow-ups) to the question "How true is this claim: '...in 1789, 50 percent of the French people did not speak [French] at all, and only 12 to 13 percent spoke it fairly well'?" (2018-01-31)
• "I'm a French guy born in Alsace-Lorraine in 1860. How will this affect my life having to live in a place, whose owner gets constantly switched till 1945?" (2018-01-09)
• "Why did so few French (comparatively) move to America in the 19th century?" (2018-04-05)

Other answers I've given that don't relate specifically to 19th Century France:

• "For much of European history, criminal punishment was extraordinarily brutal by today's standards, with mutilation and death far from uncommon. What led to the decline of violent punishment in the modern era?" (2018-05-03)
• "How did the bronze age trade in Tin etc actually work?" (2017-11-04)
• "When did Mexico become a majority Spanish-speaking country (as opposed to the various indigenous languages). I thought I'd read somewhere that in the 1820s, when independence was achieved, ~50% of the country still primarily spoke an Indian language" (2018-02-18)
• "Did the price of slaves fluctuate wildly during the American Civil War?" (2017-04-26)
• "Tomorrow, 152 years ago, John Wilkes Booth walked unseen into President Lincoln's personal booth, took out a pistol, shot him, and managed to escape even after breaking his leg. Why did Lincoln have seemingly no personal security and how did it compare to other world leaders at the time?" (2017-04-14)

After my surprisingly popular comment from yesterday, I figured this would be a good time to apply for flair. I think "Egyptian Language" or maybe "Ancient Egyptian Language" (to avoid confusion, although I do also know a passable amount of Egyptian Arabic) would be good choices. I have been "Guest Lecturer" ever since the AMA, so I would like to have something that reflects my specific area of expertise. I seem to have a few decent posts from the past six months:

• Did any of the ancient civilizations know they were one of the first human civilizations or have any understanding of the significance of that?
• Who were the "Divine Pharaohs" that the Ancient Egyptians claimed preceeded them?
• How do we know what Ancient Egyptian (or any ancient language) sounded like? How accurate are names like “Osiris” and “Tutankhamen” to what they actually sounded like when spoken by Ancient Egyptians?

I also have quite a few comments in the Egypt AMA from six months ago. Maybe this one is good?

Also, I personally like this answer, but it seems that I forgot to go back and put in the sources, so maybe it doesn't qualify: The Marxist author Paul Cockshott claimed in one article that building of Pyramids was an example of economic calculation without Markets. Can it really be considered an example of Central Planning?

Hello, I'd like to apply for a flair in 'Taiping Rebellion'. A very specific request, I know, but it is basically my biggest interest and just about the only topic I write answers for. The Asian History colour would be more appropriate than Military History, I feel, given my rather broad interest within this particular niche.

My sample answers are:

• On the use of foreign arms during the war
• On the Taiping administrative system – Follow-up here
• On the origins of the Taiping Rebellion
• On the various names given to the Taiping Rebellion and their significance (Same question, different aspect)

On top of this, there's this answer on religion in Imperial China which isn't specifically Taiping-focussed but still reasonably relevant.

EDIT: I understand that the answers I've put up here are quite close together, but I felt it best to post my more recent contributions.

EDIT: Thanks for accepting my application! I won't let you down!

Hello, I'd like to apply for flair in...maybe..."17th Century North America". Or maybe more appropriately, "English in 17th Century North America"? I'm open to suggestions.

Here are some sample answers:

Why were Quakers hated so much?

Did the Native Americans have folk tales about the origin of Europeans?

Was smoking considered a vice even before it was widely known to be carcinogenic?

Who brought African slaves to North America first?

Fluffier stuff:

Native American Names

Piggy banks lol

Please let me know what improvements you'd like to see. I'll continue to hunt for questions.

I've been a long time viewer, but first time poster; I even made a new account to potentially get a flair. I have a history B.A. from Yale, and I'll have an M. Phil in history from Cambridge next year. I can provide any proof necessary to the moderator team via some private interaction. Is there any way that I can get a flair without having commented on this specific account? My areas of specialty are the Civil War and Civil Rights eras, respectively. My (honors) Yale thesis is on the Civil War, and my Cambridge Masters dissertation is on the Civil Rights movement. Thanks in advance!

Hi there, I'd like to apply for a flair in "Komnenian/Angeloi Byzantium." I specialise in Byzantine History, the Komnenoi, the Crusades and Armenia. I finished my postgraduate last year in Onomastic legitimisation in Byzantium 1180-1240 from King's and Royal Holloway. My undergraduate dissertation was on Manuel's church negotiation with Cilician Armenia c.1165-1180. I'm on Academia.edu and I'm currently teaching English in Greece and just keeping my hand in the historical field by doing this.

How did Pope Urban II (or the Byzantine Empire) react when he called for the First Crusade in a sermon at the Council Of Clermont, know that Turks were colonizing thier way westward across Anatolia?

My punishment is far heavier. I forgive you, and set you free.” What did Alp Arslan mean by this?

87 The ancient Romans ate their banquets reclined on couches. As far as I know, no country in the former Roman Empire still does that. How and when did it die out

When and why was the Varangian Guard disbanded?

I would like to apply for a flair in "Science, Mathematics, and Technology of East Asia" under "History of Science and Technology". The following are some examples of my answers:

• On Zhang Heng's seismoscope and its reconstructions

• On the transmission of the gun from Asia to Europe Part 1, Part 2, and reply about chemical warfare in East and Inner Asia

• On the history of block printing and movable type in China, reply about movable type in Korea, and reply about literacy rates in Qing China

• On the introduction of Copernican heliocentrism in China by the Jesuits

• On the history and diffusion of the compass Part 1, Part 2, reply about the north and south-pointing conventions for compasses, and reply about crabs "spoiling" lacquer in Chinese alchemy

• On the history of the paper airplane

I was recommended to apply for flair; I honestly don't know if I qualify since I'm not an historian, but a global health physician who runs a podcast on medical history. My particular interest is early modern and modern medical history -- though again, I'm a generalist physician, with no formal post-graduate history training. I read and write pretty obsessively, which is where many of my answers come from. I suppose my flair would be something like "Early modern medical history", though it should clarify that I'm an MD and not an historian. I'm not sure how that would be handled.

Some of my recent contributions:

• On Jeffrey Amhert, the First Fleet, and variolation
• On physicians' knowledge on the addictiveness of heroin when it was first marketed
• On Babylon treatment of "tumors"
• On "King Cholera"
• And one of my favorites to answer, If bloodletting was rubbish, why was it practiced for such a long time?

I also have several (far more clinical, though still historical) posts on r/Medicine if you'd be interested (for example, this one showing a woodcutting on what is likely one of the first syphilis patients known to European physicians).

Okay, let me know what you think. I usually approach many of these subjects as a physician, so I understand if that's not what you're looking for. Thanks!

Hello! Interested in applying for "The Soviet Union & Post Soviet States | Modern Central Asia"

Posts submitted for consideration:

• The (Non) Role of Star Wars in the Collapse of the USSR

• Context for Stalin's Purges of the Red Army

• The 1991 Soviet Coup

• Soviet Rule in Central Asia Post 1930s

• Central Asian Nationalities Claiming Ancestors in the Mongol Empire

• Relationships between Sedentary and Nomadic Central Asians

Thank you!

ETA: I didn't initially include this answer on Popular and Elite American Opinion on the Vietnam War because it's a little out of the main subject area I'm interested in, but it's a Cold War answer and imo a pretty good one, so I'm tagging it on to the end of this request anyway.

I'd like to apply for FAQ finder flair. My most recent links:

• On Ancient Mideastern literature
• On whether history repeats itself
• On how the sword became the hero’s weapon
• On if America knew about Pearl Harbor ahead of time
• On the historicity of Jesus
• On the Nazi economy
• On how historians interview subjects
• On the indigenous experience in New Zealand versus Australia
• On cross-cultural communication
• On how the US got out of the Great Depression
• On being a historian
• On droit du seigneur
• On Sea People
• On the Gracchi becoming tribune of the plebs
• On empathy as a historian
• On the Wizard of Oz as a allegory
• On long hair
• On warning leaflets ahead of the atomic bomb
• On how WWII is taught in other countries
• On sources from New Spain
• On how to read history

As you can tell, I've pulled links to the FAQ, booklist, and answers both directly and indirectly addressing the question. I always ping the answerer, and always try to be civil.

Thanks for taking a look!

Thanks so much!

I applied for a flair over a month ago, and I haven't had a reply yet, so I'm posting a new application.

I would like to apply for a flair in "Politics and Culture in England, France and the Crusader States" in the European History category.

Here are links to some questions I've answered:

Was Ecbert really the first anglo saxon king to successfully pass on the throne to his son?

How did Britain and France go from enemies to allies?

Before Mary I, were females actually included in the English line of succession?

[In 1095, the First Crusade is called to aid Byzantium, a Christian power, against their Muslim enemy. In 1204, the Fourth Crusade conquers the capital of Byzantium. How on earth did this happen?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/8bpfb3/in_1095_the_first_crusade_is_called_to_aid/dxa6ahw/?context=2)

[Desertion during the First Crusade] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/8fucgx/hi_i_was_hoping_that_someone_would_be_able_to/dy6lps1/?context=0)

I'm not sure how flair applications work on askhistorians, but if my request has been denied could you please say so instead of just ignoring me.

I would like to (finally) apply for a dual flair. Ideally, I think my flair would say 'European Fairy Tales' and 'American Comic Books'. My degree is in English and Political Science, and I have a lot of varying interests that I study in my spare time, but those two are ultimately my two specializations that I've been consistently able to answer questions for on this sub.

Here are my posts for my 'European Fairy Tales' flair application:

Reply to "I've heard the Disneyified versions of Grimm's Tales Americans are familiar with are highly sanitized (RRHood and Grandma are eaten by the wolf,Snow White is about necrophilia,it's Cinderella's family, not steps- tormenting her, that kind of thing).Is this true? Were children the target audience?", which won the Dark Horse Award in March.

Reply to " "Did the Brother's Grimm make the children's stories they collected darker and more violent than the original oral traditions?", which won the Dark Horse Award last month in May.

Reply to "Were the tales collected by the brothers Grimm widely known before they compiled them? Did the more popular ones (Snow White, Cinderella, Red Riding Hood) match the ones more popular before they collected them? Were they immediately of academic interest?"

Reply to "What sources did the brothers Grimm compile their tales from? Were they self-aware that they were preserving heritage?"

Reply to "Where can I go to find reliable information about folklore?"

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For my 'American Comic Books' flair, here are my responses:

My reply to "In 1971, DC introduced their first black superhero, the Green Lantern John Stewart. How did the fan reaction at the time compare to the modern fan reaction to black legacy characters?"

My reply to "Comic books featuring superheroes in the 60s-70s are typically more lighthearted and laden with sick fi themes than earlier examples. In the 80s there was a sharp u turn towards more grounded and dark subject matter. What trends caused this shift towards (relatively) grittier realism?"

I know that's one less than the 3-5 submissions, but unfortunately questions about comic books don't come around very often. I am currently working on something to submit to this week's Saturday Showcase concerning the history of comic books spanning multiple titles, however, that I will promptly link as soon as it's posted. Thanks everyone!

I'd like to apply for a flair in "The Holocaust|Communist China" Here are a few of my answers:

Where exactly did Hitler and the Nazis' hatred of Jews and other maligned groups (Roma, homosexuals) come from?

Approximately what percentage of Jews killed during the Holocaust were Orthodox/deeply religious and what percentage were mostly secular?

Cultural Assimilation: What determines if a 'conquered' culture assimilates or is assimilated by foreign conquerors

How is Chiang Kai-shek viewed by historians from the People's Republic of China?

What do the chinese learn about pre-communism China in school?

I'm currently in grad school and studying both of these topics in depth so if you would require additional material for approval, I'd be happy to link to a few papers that were done very recently.

Thank you!

I'd like apply for a flair for "Late Antiquity|Huns|Fifth Century Rome" under "European History."

Some example posts:

• Cavalry Use of Lances/Lance Techniques
• Why Did The Saxons Invade England?
• Why Was Ghenghis Khan the Only Steppe Ruler to Conquer Eurasia?
• Were The Huns and Mongols Related?

Hi! Although I've only been a casual user until now, I'd like to continue to do my part in 'service to the profession' on reddit as well, so I'd like to apply for some flair, especially as it seems I fill some niches that are somewhat lacking on this subreddit. I would go for 'Social History' / 'East Central Europe'/ 'Early Modern' (give or take the last one). Please see my recent answers, which I would say qualify:

• In Wuthering Heights (~1845, Bronte) many of the characters die from "weakness" "heartache" etc at a very young age. How did people in the mid 1800s supposed a person died. What was actually killing these people?

• My son's highschool textbook on the Middle Ages divides medieval society into three categories: those who work, those who fight, and those who pray. But isn't this remarkably incomplete? What about, say, merchants in cities, or peacetime nobles? Why would the authors use such broad categories?

• [In the 19th century the recently independent Eastern Europe kingdoms tended to choose monarchs from Western European dynasties, what explains this phenomenon?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/8ax5xi/in_the_19th_century_the_recently_independent/dx3150f/)

• [Historically Accurate Medieval Demographics for World Builders and Fantasy Writers] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/8pf6fi/historically_accurate_medieval_demographics_for/e0b8kfn/)

Looking forward to your reply!

Edited for missing brackets [].

Hello! I would like to apply for flair - something like 'Spanish Civil War and International Brigades', although I've found myself addressing a few questions about broader Iberian/British history when there were some fun questions not getting answered. I've recently completed a PhD in this area (having some unaccustomed free time after submission helped convert me from a longtime lurker to active participant).

Some of your colleagues have been kind enough to highlight some of my answers in the digest or on twitter, including:

Salvador Dali's dubious political allegiances

The (un)reaction of the Ethiopian government in exile to the Spanish Civil War

The past and future state of Spanish Civil War historiography

There's a few other answers that I felt were pretty decent but got less attention, such as:

On a 'Jewish' response to the Spanish Civil War

The British treatment of 'dissidents' in the Second World War

Me not yet realising that 'Is Orwell a crank?' is pretty well dealt with in the FAQ

I've only recently gotten in the habit of proactively providing sources rather than waiting to be asked. Quite a few questions touching directly on my area of expertise I've been able to answer more or less from memory, which has led to more functional, less interesting answers - I'm working on it! If anyone wants to re-ask questions in the FAQ about SCW volunteers recruitment and motivations, relationship with locals, treatment afterwards or similar, I promise I won't skimp...

Hello, I would like to apply for a flair in "Politics, Culture and Diplomacy in Western Europe" or if that topic is too broad then "Politics and Culture in England and France" this flair should be in the European History Category.

Here are some of my answers:

Was Ecbert really the first anglo saxon king to successfully pass on the throne to his son?

How did facists in WW2 manage to work together when they had an inherent feeling of superiority?

How did Britain and France go from enemies to allies?

Before Mary I, were females actually included in the English line of succession?

In (early) medieval times, did people take heroic sagas and mythical tales at face value? Were people genuinely naive and believe in creatures like trolls or dragons? To what extent did stories recieve critical reception and how did they resonate with the (lower class/education) people?

Hey /r/AskHistorians,

I've been doing a lot of "leveling up" academically (and unfortunately not much posting here) but I anticipate being able to contribute more readily in the coming twelve months. To celebrate this, I'd like to ask that my flair be changed to "Andean and Amazonian Archaeology | Ecuador". It more fully reflects my broader (and deeper) research interests.

Looking forward to stalking these forums a little more earnestly!

Hello all! I was recommended to apply for a flair based on my prior posts regarding the topic of video game history on this sub which get brought up occasionally. This covers all aspects of artistry, business, and technology in the industry from it's beginnings up until the present day. My degree is in Game Design though not anything academically in the histories. The field is very small so there's not a lot of opportunity to follow that as an educational route. I have surrounded myself with those experts in the field and wish to help people in a greater understanding of this subject.

Flair would be something simple like "Video Game History".

On the subject of market downturns as well as the relationship between the United States and European markets in the early 1980s

Soviet video games and the economic barriers of official business

Public perception of video games over time

On Atari's failure during the 1983 North American Home Video Game market Crash

Thanks all!

Hi! I'd like to apply for flair in "Vietnam War | Post 1973 & Refugee Crisis" and the category would be in Asian History (either that or Military History). My undergraduate thesis was on South Vietnamese strategic and tactical thinking in 1975, and I've conducted a fair amount of research (both academic and amateur in nature) on post-war Vietnamese terror and insurgency groups, as well as on the refugee crisis and its consequences. However, I understand if my comment history and answers aren't all that frequent enough and strong though.

• On the steps communist Vietnam took to make South Vietnam more "socialist"

• On the phases of Vietnamese refugee resettlement

• On South Vietnamese military capabilities post-1973

• On the idea of post-war Vietnamese terrorism

and some older comments additionally:

• South Vietnamese military capabilities post-1973 (again)

• Specific instances of South Vietnamese post-fall of Saigon holdouts

If I'm not approved, I'd love advice on how to improve and the opportunity to answer more questions!

I would like to apply for the flair "Spanish Early Golden Age Literature (1492-1559) ", and the category for that would be "European History".
A string of comments on linguistic aspects of the Castilian spoken in the first half of the XVI century
A comment giving a very adequate source on Spanish theatre History and daily life in the XVII century, despite being rather unknown amongst English speakers.
Translation of a letter of a Spanish student in Wittenberg in 1542, giving a detailed academic plan
On Spanish administrative and judiciary affairs in the late XV and early XVI Century
Some academic papers written by me and published in peer-reviewed journals:
On the false privilege of Maarten Nuyts and the implications on the Lazarillo de Tormes
The Lazarillo de Tormes in the English bibliophile world: notes on auctions, lost editions, and ignored editions
The edition of the Lazarillo from Antwerp 1553: documentary evidence

I would like to apply for a flair in "19th century American South, American Slavery." Here are some of the answers I have given on these topics:

How involved was the North in antebellum Southern cotton farming?

What typical relationship did yeoman farmers (slave state US) have with the 1-3 slaves they might have had?

Did all Confederate soldiers agree with what the Confederacy was fighting for?

In contrast with prospect of paying free peasants low wages, was slavery still a profitable system in the late antebellum American South?

Thank you!

If that is possible, I would like to apply to have my flair changed a bit from "World War 2 in Western Europe" to more generally "Europe during the World Wars".

I have made the following contributions that I believe warrant the change:

• I discussed the lead-up to World War 1 in the Balkans.

• I explored discrimination against Jews throughout the continent and all occupied areas at the hands of the Nazis.

• I looked into Ottoman alignment to the Central Powers in the immediate leadup to World War 1 and in a followup provided an accout of Bulgarian diplomacy during the same period.

• I tested the theory of Polish reparatory payments to Britain after World War 2.

• I tried to comment on the Rommel Myth in relation to Erwin Rommel's military and personal record, especially in the North African theater.

• I discussed historical fascism as an ideology and political movement in a mostly European context.

• Here's my take on the fate and reunions of displaced Holocaust survivors after World War 2, with a special focus on Auschwitz-Birkenau specifically.

• I discussed Germany's attack on the USSR and whether it was a military blunder.

• I shared my personal insights into Germany's economy during the 1930s and specifically the role of one Hjalmar Schacht in gearing up the country for World War 2.

I hope this request is not out of place.

I have also had several two separate excourses into the Cold War, one regarding the question of Truman's personal fault in it and another specifically dealing with my home country, Germany, and the two German states interacting in regards to East German political prisoners, but I think there is not yet enough basis there. I'll try to write up some more Cold War answers whatever the case whenever I see one I have some good literature about.

​ ​​ ​​ Hi, since starting my phd a while ago I haven't been keeping up as much as I'd like to with my studies of South Asian history. So I don't really feel comfortable anymore with my 2nd flair on "Colonial India".

In its place I would, if possible, prefer to have a 2nd flair on Spanish America, the area I answer most questions on behind Mexico. Maybe something like "Early Spanish America" (fits better time-frame wise) or "Spanish American Intellectual History" (better topic wise but a bit long)?

I also would like to apply for modifying my 1st flair to make it clearer which region I'm working on and more concrete -- e.g. "Native Authors Of Colonial Mexico" instead of "New Spain" -- and can link answers for that too.

For the second flair, these are from my profile's section on Spanish America:

• Mestizos Living in Spain in the 1700s

• Did South American countries develop the notion of a "frontier" similar to that in the United States?

• Where there a lot of people in 17th, 18th century Europe that opposed their country colonizing the New World? (an older one)

• Bonus on later Sp.America: As South American independence movements succeeded in throwing out Spanish rule during the early 19th century, where were they looking to for influence and inspiration in the organization of the governments of the new nations?

T​hanks for your consideration!​

Hi! I would like to apply for a flair in Early Modern Habsburg & Low Countries.

My first flair application from a week ago is linked here. My posts are as follows:

• Effects of the Reformation on law

• Religious composition of the Dutch Republic in 1581

• How did Spain obtain and lose the Low Countries

• Why was the Peace of Augsburg not successful? Part 1 Part 2

Hello, I would like to apply for a flair for "Postcolonial Comparative History"

i am trying to offer answers from a perspective well informed by both critical theory and social/cultural anthropology that might encourage the user posing a question to explore the topic more for themselves, and hopefully through using a more nuanced perspective, discover something they didn't even realize they were looking for.

I will not directly link to sources in initial responses unless necessarily relevant, or unless I feel a visual aide is appropriate, instead pointing the user in the direction of these sources so they might have a greater chance for self-discovery.

Additionally, I will also attempt to provide partial answers to questions that I cannot precisely answer myself, or to users that have asked multi-part questions, in order to similarly encourage discovery on the part of the user asking the question.

thanks!

Here are some examples of my responses:

[on the development of 'third world' nations] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7w7j88/why_cant_or_why_havent_thirdworld_countries/)

on soviet citizenship questions

on the differences and similarities between roman republic and late medieval France and HRE

on the origin of the malay people

on how far from the front yard children are allowed to go alone

on roman multiculturalism

I'd like to apply for the flair "Germany 1871-1945", here are some of my answers:

On Nazi Economic Policy

On Schleicher and von Papen vs Hitler

On the origins of the First World War

On the Ringvereine in Weimar Germany and under the Nazis

On why Germany wasn't broken up into its constituent parts following WWI and II

On the Government of the German Empire

A few shorter answers and answers on different topics: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Hello. I'd like to apply for flair or at the least get some feedback in what areas I need to improve. My area of expertise is France in World War 2, specifically the Fall of France, resistance and collaboration, the raid on Dieppe (with focus on the tanks), D-Day and the battle for Normandy (with focus on the Canadians) and the liberation of Saint Malo. I'm also very knowledgeable about Saint Malo, Corsairs, Brittany and Breton identity etc.

This being said my area of expertise is not generally in great demand with the exception of specific questions about D-Day.

My answers are

[My Great-Grandfather didn't fight in World War II. Why?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7m77p2/my_greatgrandfather_didnt_fight_in_world_war_ii/)

Did veterans who fought for Vichy France often cover up their past? How were they treated after the war?

[Is there any information on crime in hunter gatherer groups?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7rf5me/is_there_any_information_on_crime_in_hunter/)

[How did Ancient law deal with someone returning after being presumed dead?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7wh57f/how_did_ancient_law_deal_with_someone_returning/)

And the overlooked [I am a 16th century navigator. The King of France has commissioned me to explore the New World. Where do I start?] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7yi607/i_am_a_16th_century_navigator_the_king_of_france/)

Thank you for taking the time to review my application and if my answers are not good enough thanks in advance for the constructive criticism.

Not sure what I'd put on my flair. Maybe Scots in 18th Century America as that was my general topic for a long time. It's started to migrate to 18th century military in America but that's something newer for me.

Most recent one

One on some military history, no sources cited however.

On Scots in North Carolina with cited sources

One that focused on the topic of my then-undergrad thesis. Scottish loyalism during the American Revolutionary War

I would like to apply for a flair in "Early Modern Europe". Here are my example posts.

Effects of the Reformation on law

Religious composition of the Dutch Republic in 1581

How did Spain obtain and lose the Low Countries

Thank you!

Hello!

I am a student of History who will be switching majors to Classical studies My primary historical focuses are Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece with some knowledge in Roman history. I would like to know how to add a flair to my profile.

I would like to apply and will provide links to my answers. While they are a bit more casual than the reports I turn in for school I try to tailor my writing to be both factual and interesting to read at all levels of learning. I provide citations upon request because most of what I respond to is content I feel comfortable answering without consulting my secondary resources. I do venture outside of Classics but only when I feel I have something valuable to add to the conversation.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/8rcj5f/how_were_the_ancient_greeks_so_misogynistic_and/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6p327o/why_were_native_americans_males_always_depicted/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/60sh7w/i_once_read_somewhere_that_for_a_period_in_time/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/8slcy3/was_there_any_egyptian_influence_over_subsaharan/e10jkle/?context=3

I'd like to apply for the FAQ Finder flair. As someone who is on the sub daily I'd be more than happy to help point to FAQs were it my stated goal. My past contributions include FAQ finding and source- or quote-pulling, always keeping civil and pinging the user if I'm linking to a specific response:

• FAQ about Nazi doctors
• FAQ about train track murders
• FAQ about common questions themselves
• Relevant discussion about the sub itself
• Laughing to death
• Hitler's vote tally
• History of a power plant
• Urban design
• Boston Tea Party
• Mardi Gras

And here's some participation in META threads, AMAs, and follow-up q's:

• "Answered" tags
• Rules roundtable
• Atlantic Slave Trade AMA
• Louisiana Purchase
• McCarthyism

Hopefully that serves as some evidence that I enjoy doing the legwork to find relevant sources, and that I've spent time around these parts, not just recently, but over the years.

We ask that top level comments be Applications ONLY. If you have any questions about the process itself, or other META commentary, please respond to this comment only with it!

I'd like to apply for a flair in "Medieval England After 1066".

Answers:

• The role and development of the Justiciarship in Norman and Angevin England.
• [Faction, royal patronage and the role of the law in early Plantagenet England.] (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7sqt35/what_were_internal_politics_like_in_13th_century/dt81v6y/)
• Military expertise and the rise of the professional soldier in the later stages of the Hundred Years War.
• What Usama ibn Munqidh can tell us about relations between Latins and Muslims in the Crusader States. Because I'm pretty sure every medievalist picks up a thing or two on the Crusades whether they like it or not.
• How people in the Medieval period thought of and constructed the past.
• What the First Crusade was about according to our sources, which I wrote years ago now.
• Reactions to the Ottoman capture of Constantinople in 1453.

I would like to apply for a 'Medieval art | Central Middle Ages' flair. Here are some of my answers from the past few months.

Medieval Art

Why were Renaissance artists in Europe so obsessed with ancient times?

History of early medieval reliquaries and their materials

Male Nude in Renaissance Art

Medieval Ideas on Art

Symbolism in Medieval Art

Central Middle Ages

Religion Fervor and the First Crusade

Population expansion in western Europe between 1000-1250

Edited to add: The Ideals of Chivalry vs. the Violence of the Hundred Years War

Hello! I would like to apply for "Roman Military 264-45 B.C.E." or "The Punic Wars" under the military history section.

• "Did members of the Roman military adorn their armor with animal pelts?"

• "How did the Roman cavalry fight?"

• "What was the esprit de corps like in the Roman Legion?"

• "How accurate is the Ruining History series Buzzfeed is doing?"

Thank you for considering me!

EDIT: Changed first flair a little.

Hey mods!

I would like to apply for the Asian History | Early Imperial & Medieval China flair. I haven't seen enough Buddhism questions to answer many, but further down the line I might apply to add that to my specialty too if I can answer more questions on Buddhism.

Contributions so far:

• On what a late Zhou city would look like
• On the nature of dynasties in China
• On the first use of fireships in Early imperial China
• On Buddhist relics and their perception throughout history, esp. Asia
• On the Roman "mission" to China
• On cultures in predynastic China
• On the possibility of Greek influence on the terracotta warriors

I'm relatively new to the sub but I've tried to give detailed answers as possible, including translations of Classical Chinese primary sources. Am currently working on a Ph.D. in Chinese history (hopefully passing my comps later this year!). Thanks for your consideration!