My 4th grade teacher once told my class while teaching us Texas history that Sam Houston developed gangrene in a wound on his leg and that it smelled so bad that his wife left him. A google search has turned up nothing about this, just the common account of his injured leg during the battle of San Jacinto. Was his story true?

When did "conservative" and "liberal" start to be seen as antonyms?

Can someone recommend me decent books or articles about German migrations into Northern Italy during the Middle Ages? I'm not expecting to find a book about the subject alone, but would love to learn more about it so any material that touches the subject would be great.

I ask because I've been doing genealogical research and I found out my ancestors lived in the Trento region but many had Germanic names such as Zomer and Eccheli (derived from German Ecker) despite living in Italian territory for hundreds of years.

This is maybe a weird question, but why isn't there a good authorative book about Operation Gladio? It was a real operation, it had real deadly consequences, it has a sizeable cultural footprint. But there's just not some book by a respected scholar of around 400 pages. Why?

I read a couple pages of NATO's Secret Armies and Operation Gladio: The Unholy Alliance and I enjoy some conspiracy theories but this is too much, and I really just want someone to seperate wheat from chaff, and this mis so much chaff. Even the wikipedia page is a mess.

Is too much still classified for scholars to work on it? Was it actually way smaller than BBC docs make it seem? Or was it so wide-reaching and different everywhere that it's impossible to write about?

It seems like free real estate and I just don't understand why there isn't one?

Saw a question in low stakes conspiracies (a mostly joke sub), gendered toilets were created in the 50s by big toilet, to sell more toilets.

Got me thinking, what is the history of gender segregated toilets?

I'm sure this question was already answered, but I've found nothing when googling or searching this sub.

What did knights (an other soldiers) do with their swords when they sit down (especially while dining)? Did they leave it on or take it off, an if so where do they put it?

This is extremely obscure, but does any recorded history of Ukrainian coal miners exist? That's my ancestral heritage and I cannot find anything about it.

In WW2, how much food would an allied division bring with it? Alternatively, if an allied division was cut off from its supply line, how long could it keep everyone fed if it did not start restricting rations?

I know this is a very broad question, but I just want a mental picture of the average situation. It would be interesting to know how much gasoline a division brought with it as well.

Could someone provide me with any good reference material to study the history of violence, preferably from theories on violence in and between early hunter-gatherer communities to modern day. Thank you!

From what i understood, the persian kings allowed states/cities which came into their control to keep their laws, religions and even kings/rulers, all that mattered was that they paid their taxes and recognized the persian king as being the king if kings. How did this contrast from the roman empire? Did the romans allow for conquered states to keep their laws and religions or even kings? I always felt like rome always tried to romify conquered territory, is this true? Or did they also most only care about taxation?

Was there ever an ethnic group as genetically diverse as Arabs?

Not sure if this is the right place to ask, but here goes:

It seems like whenever I see a thread about a history podcast (e.g. Dan Carlin, Mike Duncan, etc...) the prevailing opinions are something along the lines "great storyteller, but the history...not so much." Which (are they any) podcasts would folks volunteer as passing muster in terms of historical understanding/comprehensiveness?

Was there a night shift in Ancient Rome?

What are some podcasts /r/AskHistorians would recommend that are a "good enough" level of accuracy to listen to? On any subject of history in general.

On the topic of a specific podcast, I'm currently listening to "The History of China" podcast by Chris Stewart, but am unsure about the quality/accuracy of the narrative being told so far. Is it a worthwhile podcast to learn about Chinese history from?

Hello! I come asking for recommendations about books and/or articles about the miltary dictatorships in Brasil (1964-185), Chile (1973-1990) and Uruguay (1973-1984). Any help would be appreciated!

If they are in spanish the better, but it's not necessary.

Thank you in advance! :D

Hello! I'm trying to have a broader understanding of what sorts of people, shops, guilds, businesses, &c. would have been around John Dunton's bookshop, The Black Raven, located in the Poultry in London circa 1688-1700.

Very specifically, are there any resources that describe what the general area (Cheapside, Poultry, Cornhill, Stocks' Market, Great Conduit) looked like in the late 17th / early 18th century? I've found Walter Thornbury's Old and New London: Volume 1 (1878) -- which is interesting but I can't tell if they were still scalding birds on Poultry when Dunton was publishing or if that was a thing of the past by then.

I was having a discussion about the use of the word civilized in British history. I have a very strong memory of reading that an explorer claimed that a group could not be civilized due to them not using table cloths. Is this a false memory or was this an actual claim of an explorer?

Did Henry II of England and Frederick Barbarossa ever meet in person or communicate?

What did they think of each other as the most powerful monarchs in Europe?

Was there any male leader that whomever stood in their way or made them angry killed them?

In societies where women would run regularly (for whatever reason) were there technologies analogous to sports bras?

The Old Swiss Confederacy was at its peak size in the 1500s. Are there any maps as to how far the borders extended or into what cities they did?

there appears to be a spear flying through the air in the Moko shurai ekotoba emaki. A warrior on the Yuan side seems to be holding a spear in a way that looks like he is about to thrust or throw it. What does this mean? Did the Yuan dynasty have javelin throwers during the invasions of Japan? If so, what nation did they belong to? As far as i know, only the Chinese have historically used javelins.

What are some historical moments that sound stupid or outrageous but are very much real? Preferably international in nature, and especially if it was a major thing, though any about something stupid a historical figure did is good too. There are many lists of such things, but the reliability of such articles is dubious at best.

Also is it true that Benjamin Franklin almost caused a war between England and France by trolling the former with what was basically fake news?

I was helping my friend with an exam and I encountered question, that I was not able to google. Can you help me?

What is the name of Spartan king, who several years before Alexander the Great, nearly managed to conquer Persia?

What is the term I used to see in this subreddit, but have forgotten, for this?:

An description of a history topic that is perhaps less academically rigorous and more of an opinionated or simplified narrative that is easier to read and understand. It's analogous to an editorial in a newspaper rather than reporting.

I'm not referring to these terms:

• popular history
• simplification

Those are all I can find on Google and they are very common terms. I can't find the term in lists of history terminology. The word itself is a common term in English but used in a very specific way for history.

#EDIT: I REMEMBERED IT

The world was 'stylised', with the meaning originating here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylized_fact

Which is the superior weapon - the Japanese longbow, or the Mongol-style of composite bow? Alternatively, are there any things that each individually excel at?

When (as in what year) did Hungary stop paying for (complete the payment/cancel the payment) its 200 million dollars WW2 reparations to the USSR?

There is a man in antiquity that fake an attempt of murdering on himself to justify having bodyguards(having bodyguards was retricted I think) and then he takeover the power with the bodyguards. I completely forgot his name and try to google him in vain. Who it is?

Where can I learn more about the Partition of Livonia? How, and who, decided what part should go to Estonia and which to Latvia? How was the border drawn? When was a partition decided and by whom?

When did people start going to the beach for relaxation/holiday?

Recently I found out that William the Conqueror would have probably been called Guillaume by most (like he is today by the French), so that got me wondering: what about Charles Martel? Would people call him 'Charles' or something closer to 'Karl'? Do we even have that information? How would they differ between him, THE Charles, from other Charleses out there?

In architecture, there was a long trend of Neo-Classical and then a long trend of the Gothic Revival; Was there Neo-Romanesque architecture in between? How about Neo-Byzantine styles?

Can you please guide me to some books in either English or Spanish about the following topics?

-The Venetian Republic (especially at the height of its power during the late Medieval/early Modern period).

-The life of everyday people during the late Roman/early Medieval period in, preferably, the Iberian Peninsula and/or Italy?

Thank you in advance.

I can't find an answer to this in the FAQ or sidebar. What is that map in the banner of r/AskHistorians ? Can someone provide a link to the full map and context?

Anno Domini (AD) & Before Christ (BC) - why is one in English & the other in Latin?

What is the casualty number for the entire Hundred Days Offensive?

Wikipedia only gives the answer from July to November

Is there any historical legitimately to the term Arabian Gulf?

Edit: To clarify the question - Does the term Arabian Gulf appear in any historical maps or information when referring to the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran?

Is there a reason for the lack of "Min" (People?) in English translation of Republic of China's name?

Back when noble titles and land we're more intimately connected, was there any real difference between the land connected to a title (Barony, county, March, dukedom) other than the title itself? Would there have been any real difference between the size, location, and what It included?

Just in general. I know nobility issues tends to get murky at best, many titles didn't have land at all.

There's an old episode of the Joan Rivers Show (1993-ish?) where she interviews some of the cast of Paris is Burning, and when one of them uses the term "24/7", it's apparently a phrase she's never heard before, which really surprised me; I don't really think of it as being a "slang" term or associated with any particular subculture or city. Did saying "24/7" as a spoken phrase come from New York ball/drag culture? Was it popularized nationwide by this specific interview?

At some point long ago, I vaguely remember reading about a mythology that had as part of it a dragon that bled/was full of scorpions. I've tried to look this up, and I've found nothing; is this creature or something close to it an actual thing in any mythology, or have I just blended together two separate things?

In WWII when the blitzkrieg surrounded British, French and Belgian forces, why did they retreat to the sea rather than try to break through the blitzkrieg line and regroup south of that line?

As I understand it, the blitzkrieg was tanks charging ahead with a thin corridor of support trying to catch up. Surely with 400,000+ men they could easily break through that line?

Was there a word for blue in Ancient Greece?

Can anyone recommend me some books on the West Africa Squadron? I really wanna know more about it but there only seems to be one major book on the topic.

Did Adolf hitler kill him self in world war 2

was there ever a question (maybe stowed away in some corner of the FAQ?) about "Black Athena" by Martin Bernal and the arguments by subsequent historians defending or refuting it? I'm just looking for a broad overview of the contentions surrounding it. or maybe one of you guys can give me a quick summation of its current standing in history circles (or link to an article outside of reddit that touches on this a bit)? thank you.

Wikipedia refers to the 1572 wedding between Henri de Bourbon (future Henri IV) and Marguerite de Valois as the "Vermilion Wedding". Is that because of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre that followed shortly after? Is it referred to as the Vermilion Wedding by historians? Do we know when that reference first appeared?

I wish to know why Austra-Hungary fell apart, however finding a study which has no regional/national agenda seems impossible at this point. Can you please point me towards academic sources that can give an answer without driving home a point of national superiority/inferiority?

What did Napoleon think of Charlemagne?

Did Napoleon try to use that Germanic-Romantic Frankish Empire to unify his French Empire and German vassals?

Can the Lincoln-Douglas debates be described as the first one-on-one political debates in human history ?

What is the origin of free cities in the HRE?