#A Recap of AskHistorians 2020-04-10 to 2020-04-16

Popular This Week: You might have clicked too early, so here are the responses to some of the most upvoted questions from the past week:

• "The date of Easter is set through the moon calendar, while Christmas is a date on the regular calendar. How did this difference arise?", response by /u/q203

• "In the middle ages did Jewish people ever fight in medieval armies? Were there Jewish knights?", responses by /u/guchfuchs and /u/bookqueen13

• "In 1974 the Portuguese army went from fighting for a far-right regime against African leftist guerrillas, to deposing it and leading leftist revolutionary policies in Portugal itself. How did this dramatic ideological shift happen in the army of a regime which censored leftist news, books and music?", response by /u/helckler

• "Most gamers know that spearmen beat cavalry, cavalry beats archers, and archers beat spearmen. Is there any truth to that "rock paper scissors" theme in medieval warfare?", responses by /u/Iphikrates and /u/mrleopards

• "Why Has French Culture Almost Died in Louisiana But Thrived in Quebec?", responses by /u/firedrops and /u/Kochevnik81

Things You Probably Missed: Great stuff flies under the radar every week! Here is a selection of responses the Mod Team enjoyed, but didn't get the attention they deserved:

• "What happened to Babylonian Independence?", response by /u/Trevor_Culley

• "The Kingdom of France was one of the more centralised countries around the time of the Revolution. What was France's process of centralisation like?", response by /u/FrenchMurazor

• "How far back does the knowledge of ancient Gaul go?", response by /u/Libertat

• "How Did The Red Army In The Second World War Treat Soldiers With PTSD (Eastern Fron)?", response by /u/Jon_Beveryman

• "What was Crusader ‘Tourism” like? Where the knights and lords who participated ever in much danger, or was it more fixed and showy like much Tourism today?", response by /u/WelfOnTheShelf

Features You Might Have Missed:

• 2020-04-11: "The LGBT+ Histories Floating Feature"
• 2020-04-11: China panel AMA: Come and ask your burning questions about China, from the Zhou Dynasty to Zhou Enlai! (And up until 2000)
• 2020-04-12: Rules Roundtable VII: No Personal Anecdotes

Features Coming Up:

• 2020-04-17: Happening Now - “The Indigenous Peoples' Histories Floating Feature"
• 2020-04-23: The Histories of People with Disabilities Floating Feature

Plenty more you might have missed though, so as always, don't forget to check out the most recent Sunday Digest or else to follow us on Twitter!