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A Merovingian-era tomb was discovered this Thursday at Cahors, containing the remains of an old woman.
There's significant gaps in our knowledge of the period in the region, but giving the disposal it might be the tomb of a nun or a benefactress of a monastery created by Desiderius of Cahors (a member of the family of Desiderii-Salvii, a regional branch of Syagrii, with significant influence in southern Aquitaine). Other discoveries include pottery and what might have been a kitchen room.
Is it just me or is the sub even more Nazi-centric than usual in the last day or so?
Your Weekly /r/askhistorians Recap
Friday, August 09 - Thursday, August 15
| Top 10 Posts | score | link to comments |
|---|---|---|
| At age 18, Edgar Allan Poe joined the US Army in 1827 as a Private, and left in 1829 as a Sergeant Major of Artillery. How did he attain the highest enlisted rank in just two years? | 5,123 | 73 comments |
| Why was everybody kung fu fighting? | 4,177 | 116 comments |
| In the infamous "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves", Alan Rickman's Sheriff of Nottingham calls to "cancel Christmas." What would Christmas have meant to the average person living in Plantagenet England? | 3,490 | 40 comments |
| Watching the new Aladdin (which according to the Disney wiki is set during the Islamic Golden Age), there are scenes where the princess says she wants to rule the kingdom. I know we are not talking historical realism here but what would have been the reaction if a woman said such during the era? | 2,962 | 112 comments |
| 1 Corinthian 11:2-6 says that “every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head,” In modern day, barely any Christian European women wear headscarves. How did this practice fade away and what changed to allow it to be let go? | 2,928 | 71 comments |
| I would assume the people shouting "Segregation forever" didn't take down their "Whites only" signs the day after the Civil Rights Act or Voting Rights Act were signed. How did the implementation of those laws work? How did the segregationists resist? | 2,713 | 71 comments |
| Did slaves ever seek refuge with native americans? | 2,596 | 62 comments |
| Why did classic Disney comics never achieve the same kind of overwhelming success in the United States that they have long enjoyed in Europe. | 2,264 | 56 comments |
| Why are there more fluent Welsh speakers in Wales than Irish or Gaelic speakers in Ireland & Scotland, when the latter were conquered by the English hundreds of years later? | 2,073 | 77 comments |
| What was the state of Soviet computer technology and how was it developed? | 832 | 25 comments |
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Why did the Chinese not develop the ideal of a warrior class despite the warring states? why did the status of the soldier remain low?
Any good books about the experiences of a M4 sherman crew that isn't death traps?
Has anyone here dealt with losing interest in a historical topic you've studied for a few years? If so, how did you cope with that? I think someone else asked a similar question on this sub but I can't find the post.
Interesting look at what was one of (if not the biggest) minefields ever laid and a few of those involved.
https://cne.wtf/2018/10/08/remembering-the-bamboo-curtain-and-cambodias-landmine-legacy/