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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.
Shoutout to recent flair /u/y_sengaku for answering my question on Novgorod-Mongol relations of the early 1200s here.
EDIT: And a huge thank you to /u/GeekAesthete for answering my question on religion and film in US film studios in the 50s on my third question attempt!
I am here! Better late then never!
Welcome to another fabulous edition of the Sunday Digest! It’s been cold in my neck of the woods (Very cold!), so let’s pass the frozen winter nights with some good old fashioned History stories. I was actually pretty busy this week and didn’t get a chance to read as much as I usually do. Not that you’d be able to tell from the small mountain of posts that will be below.
As usual, everyone should go check out the usual weekly features. There’s lots of good stuff to be seen there.
Here’s the Best of January Voting! Stop by while there’s still time and vote for your favorite!
Tuesday Trivia This weeks theme was how to people handled Death and Dying in different eras. Things get dark and grim so be warned, but death is one of the few constants throughout life and civilization.
The Friday Free-for-All | February 01, 2019! The Friday Free for All is always a popular, fun to read mix.
The Saturday Showcase! The prodigious novel length series from /u/Klesk_vs_Xaero continues, but this week also has a fantastic entry from /u/Goiyon on the Levy system of the Netherlands in the Middle Ages.
I might be too late, but there was no response for my question, perhaps someone who is knowledgeable about the subject will see it here.
How open and declassified are Russian archives currently, if compared to 1991-1999?
Great answer from /u/MrDowntown about the development of the American alleyway.
/u/zimmonda wrote an answer I really appreciated about cultural racial segregation in New York during the 50s. He wisely touched on both the legal and cultural weight behind New York segregation and I thought his source quotations where great additions to his answer.
Great :)