Sunday Digest | Interesting & Overlooked Posts | July 27, 2020–August 02, 2020

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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.

Gankom

It’s the first digest of August and its time to get hyped! Brace yourself for an onslaught of amazing history threads, brilliant answers, and some wonderful people.

Don’t forget to check out the usual weekly features, upvote your favorites and thank those authors who put in so much work!

That’s the end of my spiel for the week. Enjoy the digest, stay classy out there and I’ll see you again next Sunday!

Georgy_K_Zhukov

Playin' catch-up:

/u/alvisefalier on "Italy is full of heritage sites, small and large, listed and unlisted. When the 1990 World Cup was awarded to Italy, was there ever any resistance from some quarters such as. art historians and conservationists about inviting such a mass influx of potentially riotous international soccer fans?"

/u/alex_burnskkriege answered "In the movie "Barry Lyndon", the protagonist is forced to "volunteer" for the Prussian Army during the Seven Years war. Was it normal for foreigners to join the Prussian or any other army, and how did commanders deal with differences in language and culture?" and also opined on "Does the German theory of 'Cabinet Wars' or Kabinettskriege still hold water? Were the European wars between 1648 and 1789 really less destructive than earlier or later wars or was the damage just less obvious?"

/u/antiquarianism answered "Why are so many storm gods at the head of their respective pantheons?" and also on "There's a trend I've noticed about Indo-European mythology and religion. There seems to be a pattern of dual pantheons. For example Greco-roman Olympians and Titans, the germanic/norse æsir and vanir, the celtic tuatha dé danaan and fomorians and so on. Is there an explanation for that?" and also "What would be the consequences of being openly atheist in western Europe during the 1500s? Would it vary a lot depending on which specific country or the person's economic class?" and also "What would be the consequences of being openly atheist in western Europe during the 1500s? Would it vary a lot depending on which specific country or the person's economic class?"

Gankom

Time to shout out the overlooked yet fascinating questions that still hold out hope for an answer. Feel free to post your own, ones you saw or others!