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At what degree of separation do nobles stop being nobles. The kings brother is royalty, his kids are royalty, at what point does it end?
Would people at some point in medieval Europe actually carry their money around in the form of copper, silver, gold (or other) coins in a pouch or a purse? Or is that just a fantasy invention?
I'm thinking that counting exact amounts or giving change this way would get difficult, or the physical weight of the coins might be cumbersome.
What could be meant by "cans of milk" in a WW2-era American institutional setting, specifically, in the Japanese internment camps?
"Cans of milk" is mentioned in this recipe I saw at the Manzanar National Historic Site. Fresh milk and evaporated milk are otherwise specified on the same document. I've read there was such a thing as canned powdered milk but I don't know whether it was used in the camps. I hope to find out exactly what kind of milk (powdered or liquid) and what size can so I can recreate these recipes.
EDIT: I think "National Household Milk" is a good candidate.
EDIT #2: I prepared the recipe using powdered nonfat milk (and crisco instead of lard). The milk to flour ratio was perfect. The pancakes were plain-tasting, flat and somewhat greasy but overall turned out decent considering the ingredients. My boyfriend thought they tasted salty.
https://i.imgur.com/Juj1Cy4.jpg Photo taken at the Paris catacombs (not mine). Can anyone ID or give a hint as to what the letters in the centre mean?
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In the book "The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569–1999" by Timothy Snyder on the page 82 the author writes this:
"Thus a particular conjunction of Soviet and Lithuanian interests brought Vilnius, for the time being, into independent Lithuania. Local Belarusians who protested were deported from what was still independent Lithuania by the Soviet NKVD..."
Is this true and is there a place/book/article where I could read more about this event?
Why some people say that after the fall of the western roman empire a lot of knowledge was lost if the roman kept detailed records for so many different subjects and facts?
Where is the Huitong Bridge?
I'm reading "The Flying Tigers" by Sam Kleiner. One of the big events was the destruction of the Huitong Bridge as it kept the Japanese from following the Burma Road into China. I've found some old and new pictures of it, but have so far been unable to locate it precisely on any map. Google's maps of China seem to have some problems.
Stupid question here: Is history defined when humans started documenting current and past events? As in 'cavemen' are considered pre-history? If so, what do we call areas that co-existed with civilizations that had a writing we know of but they themselves didnt?
In Commentaries on the Laws of England, Volume 1 (1765), Blackstone writes:
Prisage was a right of two tons of wine from every ship (English or foreign) importing into England twenty tons or more, one before and one behind the mast; which by charter of Edward I. was exchanged into a of 2s. for every ton imported by merchant-strangers and called butlerage, because paid to the king's butler.
Butlerage existed until 1809, when it was repealed by the Customs Consolidation Act.
What was the significance of taking one tun from before the mast and one from behind?
EDIT: I've uncovered a number of legal reviews that discuss prisage in more detail than Blackstone.
However, I can't find any reasoning for the prerogative as written.
Charles Malloy. De Jure Maritimo et Navali. 8th ed., 1744, https://archive.org/details/dejuremaritimoet00moll/page/n6.
Sir Henry Yelverton. The Reports of Sir Henry Yelverton. 1735, https://archive.org/details/reportssirhenry00metcgoog/page/n4.
Why is Leonardo da Vinci commonly referred to by his given name and place of birth, while other Renaissance artists are referred to by only their given name?
I've been hearing a quote recently and while I've heard it in The Matrix Reloaded before, I find people are attributing it to Karl Marx. I'd like to know if this is true, and where/when he said it.
The quote is:
Choice is an illusion created between those with power and those without.
re-watching the pacific and they're always talking about the crabs on the islands. Did they ever cook them up to give to the soldiers?
The 13 colonies were British colonies, so what made them use Dollar (til now) instead of pounds?
While quoting Thucydides, I'm not sure how to cite this properly. - I'm citing two different lines from The Peloponnesian War - Should it be (Thuc.V.93,105). or (Thuc.V.93 &105). ?
Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask this question, wasn't really sure where else to inquire about this stuff.
I just took a look at Quintus Caecilius Metellus Celer family tree and noticed just how many of it was of consular rank. Is it the most extreme case of a Roman Republican dinasty, so as to say?
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I am looking to purchase The Taming of the Samurai: Honorific Individualism and the Making of Modern Japan by Eiko Ikegami --- I would like to know if this book does a fantastic job of diving into the brutal pragmatic mindset of the Samurai of old and helping us understand what honor is to them back in these times (particularly the Heian to Sengoku vice versa)
I am someone who primarily gets academic information on Samurai from reading Karl Friday, Thomas Conlan and William Wayne Farris's books...
So I was wondering if this book will offer me any valuable information on Samurai history and culture that they don't cover in their books.
Who is this? My wife and I can’t sort it out. It’s driving us crazy. Was with other artwork featuring Beat Generation writers. Thanks!!! https://imgur.com/a/RMCBlf3
What was the average price for a bolt fed gun such as the lee-enfield during ww1 in the us at the time (not scaled with economy)
Would Jesus of Nazareth ever have worn a toga? I often see him in a toga praetexta which seems wholly inappropriate for a 1st-century Judaean carpenter.
Did the one child policy in China alter children's media? Mentions of siblings, uncles and aunts and other familial relations specifically.
why did Khrushchev place nuclear missiles in Cuba in 1962? if you have material to read about the topic online, could you send me the link? thanks :D
Were European kings warlords? If not, what's the difference?
How fast did your standard, huge sailing boats from the age of piracy to the late 1800s go? Did they often go faster than the wind?
Why is there seemingly -so much- Cornish folklore?
On two occasions as First Lord of the Admiralty before WWII, Winston Churchill proposed the name Oliver Cromwell for one of the dreadnought battleships, both times being rejected by the King. Why did he do this when it was certain to irritate the King and not be approved?
How did the Vikings refer to England and the British isles?
In The Last Years of the Teutonic Knights by William Urban, he mentions that the Teutonic Knights in the Baltic preferred the crossbow over the lance because the dense wooden raiding combat of the Baltic warfare. How skilled would Knights be in archery in general? Or was this just referring Order Sergeants using crossbows?
Elected kingship was fairly common in the early Middle Ages -France, Anglo Saxon England, and the Holy Roman Empire are probably the most prominent examples-, but what about lordships? Was there any nominal election requirement to become say Count of Flanders, or Duke of Normandy, or were titles like that purely hereditary?
How and when did non-political prisoner Jews become the largest/majority demographic in Nazi concentration camps? I'm guessing 1938 or 1939, with the acceleration of ethnic cleansing, but I'd rather not guess.
Was the Epic of Gilgamesh composed during the lifetime of King Gilgamesh or was it a post-mortem tale romanticizing / deifying him?
Also was it common in that time to write Hercules-esque adventure tales about kings or other leaders?
What is the Chinese cultural revolution?
What is the first recorded instance of a socially acceptable time of day to drink alcohol? Or perhaps the first recorded instance of a socially unacceptable time of day to drink alcohol?
Was southern strategy by the GOP a myth since it took 50 years of Republicans to turn?
What were the "vermin shirts" in WW1 (being made by Red Cross members as referenced in the Canadian WW1 home front novel Rilla of Ingleside)?
According to Wikipedia, as part of his efforts to bring down Mossadegh in Iran, one of Kermit Roosevelt Jr.'s tactics was to "brib[e] demonstrators into attacking symbols of the Shah, while chanting pro-Mosaddegh slogans. As king, the Shah was largely seen as a symbol of Iran at the time by many Iranians and monarchists. Roosevelt declared that the more that these agents showed their hate for the Shah and attacked his symbols, the more it caused the average Iranian citizen to dislike and distrust Mosaddegh."
Do we know what these pro-Mosaddegh slogans were?
How did the death of Hu Yaobang cause the protestors at Tiananmen Square to start evaluating other issues in the Chinese leadership?
Did Woodrow Wilson (or anyone else) ever use Christian or religious arguments to justify the League of Nations? Or to argue for less harsh treatment of Germany after WWI?
What is the currently closest estimate of the death toll from the Belgian Congo indigenous, and what factors help to get to that number?
What color were RMS Lusitania’s chimneys. In some pictures they are black in some orange red with black stripes. Hopefully somebody can give me a definitive answer.
(Was told to redirect this question here) I do animations (not professionally, amateur as a hobby) and wanted to give the tank I was working on accurate paint. The animation is going to be one panther and two panzer IV Gs in an engagement vs various Sherman models. This brings me to my question. On an RGB or Hex grid, what would the colors be for the camo on tanks from the later stages of the african theatre.
So I don’t come back all the time, I’m also interested in any other information on ww2 camo any of you may have or sources where I can search it for myself. My own search has yielded... unsatisfying, results.
What did Gitarja's regnal title mean?
It was "The exalted goddess of three worlds which the glory of Vishnu radiates".
What are the "three worlds", exactly?
Found this rifle at a ww2 site in Estonia along other ww2 items during an excavation of a port area. This was in seawater for 70 years or so.
However, nobody has been able to identify this particular rifle. Seems to have a side fed magazine?
