"How did Richard I come to be so fondly lionized in British cultural memory given how marginal of a King he seems to have actually been?">!by /u/J-Force and /u/coeurdelionne!<

"Why isn’t New Zealand a part of Australia?" >!by /u/funkyedwardgibbon!<

"How do I join a trebuchet crew in late medieval France? Is it a family thing, are there interviews? What are some of the risks and benefits of my new career that are maybe less known?">!by /u/J-Force!<

"Richard II revoked London's charter and the city tried to convince him to give it back with a big party. What was Richard's beef with London and how did the feasting and merrymaking work out as a political strategy?" >!by /u/asinus_docet !<

"Did interpretations of the crusades to the holy land shift after the Reformation?" >!by /u/WelfOnTheShelf!<

"Of the top 20 tallest statues in the world, 15 depict a Buddha or are Buddhist in nature. How did a religion typically associated with aeseticism and impermanence come to produce such ostentatious art?">!by /u/huianxin!<

"Over 1000 manuscripts of Iliad exists which is more than of any other ancient works. How close are these manuscripts to each other, are there significant differences? Which are considered "canon"?" >!by /u/KiwiHellenist!<

"In the past hundred years, fantasy conlangs like Sindarin and Klingon have been created to enhance their respective worlds. Do we know of any civilization or person pre-1900 that invented or used conlangs to enhance their storytelling?" >!by /u/jelvinjs7!<

"What the heck was going on in New York at Christmas in the 1770s? Wikipedia's history of Santa Claus describes "aggressive home invasions," "sexual deviancy" and a weird parody of Dutch culture." >!by /u/lord_mayor_of_reddit!<

"Geoffrey of Monmouth first writes about King Arthur as an historical personage. To what extent did people during the middle ages think Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table were real historical figures? When did that perception begin to change?" >!by /u/coeurdelionne!<

"Is black vikings a thing?" >!by /u/textandtrowel!<

"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?">!by /u/WelfOnTheShelf!<

"In the Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the Naval Treaty," they mention female Scotland Yard employees, one who searches a female suspect and an investigator who goes undercover to gain the confidence of a suspect. What opportunities were available to women in policing in London in 1893?" >!by /u/copperbrook!<

"Did people realize they were part of a civilizational collapse during the bronze age collapse?" >!by /u/undercoverclassicist!<

"Why is there such prevalent stone megalith structures in Europe from the Neolithic period, but not in North America? Were ancient American peoples more nomadic and therefore less likely to erect their version of Stonehenge?" >!by /u/antiquarianism!<

"I'm a Chinese immigrant to the US in the mid-to-late 19th century. I'm here to get a US wage and use my earnings to help my family back home. If I'm paid in U.S. currency, how do I get this into my family's hands in a way that lets them buy goods back in China?" >!by /u/glymao!<

"In the 1960s, Texas passed a law criminalizing the display of the United Nations Flag. Billboards in Texas demanded the country leave the UN, and apparently it was seen as some kind of Communist organization. Why did Texas hate the UN so much, and why were people convinced it was a communist plot?" >!by /u/kugelfang52!<

"Until the wreck was found, it was uncertain if the Titanic went down in one piece or split into two. What did the splitting look and sound like to eyewitnesses and why was it uncertain it really happened?" >!by /u/yourlocaltitanicguy!<

"A lot of Americans talk about pride in their Scottish heritage or Irish heritage, but their seems to be very little talk of Welsh heritage. Why is this?" >!by /u/itsallfolklore!<

"The Kingdom of Dahomey had a standing corps of all-female warriors who were feared in battle. How were they formed? Was this unique in 19th century West Africa or was there a larger tradition of "Amazons" in the region?" by >!/u/youngmarshall!<

"What was the medieval and renaissance religious attitude towards astrology?">!by /u/AndrewSshi!<

"I'm a young disaffected Irishman in Derry in 1970. How do I join the IRA? What was it like to be in it?" >!by /u/eirebmac!<

"Why are there monuments commemorating an SS Division in Canada?" >!by /u/sammmuel!<

"Why did Carpathian Ruthenia become part of Czechoslovakia instead of Poland after World War One?" >!by /u/Dishonourable_Rat!<

"Where do the Ethiopian and Sudanese Jews come from? Are they descended from Israel? When did they convert to Judaism?" >!by /u/jewishsudan !<

"Why didn't the Aztec Triple Alliance amongst the city states of Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tlacopan break up after usurping the Tepanecs? Were there no incentive to turn against each other to become the hegemon?" >!by /u/400-rabbits!<

Can someone explain the Troubles to me? >!by /u/thefeckamIdoing!<

"The Incas were able to construct one of the "greatest imperial states in human history" without money or markets. How did the Inca Empire function without money?" >!/u/savageson79!<

"What was the effects of muskets during a battle, if bow and arrow were superior?" >!by /u/wilymaker!<

"Were the policies of the British government under Churchill responsible of causing the Bengal Famine of 1943?" >!by /u/LORDBIGBUTTS!<

"George III and George Washington -- would they have had the same accent?" >!by /u/lord_mayor_of_reddit!<

"What are the causes of American society's fear of juvenile delinquency in the 1950s?" >!by /u/veryshanetoday!<

"How did Carthage raise an army? If they near-solely used mercenaries, did they ever actually raise forces of their own? [Attempt#2]" >!by /u/jollydevil6!<

"What were Sino-Japanese relations like before the 19th century?" >!by /u/LTercero!<

Questions or META commentary about 'Best of AskHistorians 2020' should be as a reply to this stickied comment.

“In the sitcom Married... with Children, protagonist Al Bundy is able to support himself, his homemaker wife, and two children on the income he earns as a shoe salesman in a strip mall in the suburbs of Chicago. Was this at all realistic for the late 1980s/early 1990s?” >!by u/BullsLawDan!<

What is the history behind "What is your favorite color?" >!/u/EdHistory101!<

In Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Belle, a provincial girl, famously loves to read while Gaston, a well regarded male and community leader seems unable. In pre-revolutionary France how often would a woman be more literate than a man of some renown? >!/u/MySkinsRedditAcct!<