Another month has passed us by, so it is time to recognize some of the most enjoyed posts of August!
This month saw a consensus for the top honors, with both the Flair and User vote drawn to /u/mikedash's response to "How accurate is Monty Python's 'Anarcho-Syndicalist Peasant' scene? Were small medieval villages de-facto self governing and autonomous from their noble lord and wider nation?"
Not far behind in the consensus and taking the second award was /u/LTercero who tackled "What were Sino-Japanese relations like before the 19th century?"
The 'Dark Horse' Award, recognizing the top-voted non-flair, was, as always, far from an easy decision, but edging out some stiff competition was /u/Dishonourable_Rat and their thoughts on "Why did Carpathian Ruthenia become part of Czechoslovakia instead of Poland after World War One?"
This month's 'Greatest Question', voted upon by the mods, agreed that not only did /u/mikedash provide a stellar response, not to mention last month's winner /u/J-Force and newcomer /u/Airborne_Walrus, but the question itself of "How accurate is Monty Python's 'Anarcho-Syndicalist Peasant' scene? Were small medieval villages de-facto self governing and autonomous from their noble lord and wider nation?" from /u/wifi-knight tickled our fancy as well.
Finally, the Excellence in Flairdom Award for August had only one possible choice, by which we mean several. Congratulations to our THREE-WAY tie for Excellence in Flairdom in August - /u/soviet_ghosts, /u/KippyPowers, and /u/nilhaus! The three of them have been working like desperate PhD students to get the AskHistorians Digital Conference up and running. Thanks soviet_ghosts, KippyPowers, and nilhaus!
As always, congrats to our very worthy winners, and thank you to everyone else who has contributed here, whether with thought-provoking questions or fascinating answers. And if this month you want to flag some stand-out posts that you read here for potential nomination, don't forget to post them in our Sunday Digest!
For a list of past winners, check them out here!
Thank you – this is really appreciated. It's strange to me, though, to see a topic I'd always imagined was all-too-typical of my perversely abstruse interests blow up into something so popular and widely-read. That's history, I guess.
Huge congratz to our brilliant winners, and a well deserved celebration to /u/mikedash, /u/LTercero, /u/Dishonourable_Rat
Congratulations to the winners, may you revel in the glory! I very much enjoyed all the answers!
Thank you very much! I'm not a very frequent Reddit user, but it was a really great experience asking that question & reading several varied answers of such high quality. Thanks to those who took the time to answer & the mods for carving out such a great environment.
Funnily enough I was just choosing modules/papers for my history degree at the university that I dreamed of going to as a child. The brilliant answers I received on my post really piqued my interest in an area I wasn't very familiar with, and I've chosen to specialise in British social history from 1050 - 1500 in my first year. I also picked up 'Montaillou' as per a fellow r/askhistorians users suggestion via pm, and that only added to the intellectual benefit & nourishment I've got from the sub, so thank you all!
With a lot more reading & 3 years of university, perhaps I'll be the one answering the questions.
This was a very cool surprise, thank you very much! Appreciate the recognition. And congrats to u/mikedash and u/Dishonourable_Rat , and everyone else’s fantastic posts that I saw being considered!
Excellent work from u/LTercero . Thanks for taking the time to write such a succinct answer!
Thank you, again for this honor! As a two time, consecutive winner, I am definitely feeling like Daniel Day Lewis. <3
Thank you very much for the award!