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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.
Summer (Here in the Northern Hemisphere anyway) is starting to come to a close, but the good times keep rolling on Askhistorians. Below you will find the usual weekly assortment of fantastic threads, along with some special notices and the weekly regulars. This one is extra special because its almost three years ago this digest that I started this fun little project. My but how time flies, and what a difference! Look at that adorable little list compared to this leviathan!
Don’t forget to show some love for those hard working writers, leave them some upvotes and call out some thanks!
Are you getting excited about the AskHistorians 2021 Digital Conference? We sure are!
AskHistorians Podcast Episode 190: Women in Medieval Warfare with /u/Hergrim.
Get some book ideas in the Thursday Reading & Rec!
This weeks Friday Free for All included a very interesting talk about Wikipedia and the trouble with editing it.
The Saturday Showcase features /u/anthropology_nerd with a rather heartbreaking post.
Enjoy the collection everyone! That wraps me up for yet another week and once more I return to the mists to lurk. Don’t forget to sign up for the Conference Newsletter, and I’ll see you all next Sunday!
We can also show some appreciation for those neat questions that caught our eye but remain unanswered! These are just a handful that I came across, but feel free to post up your own or those you saw and wished to be answered!
/u/ilus3n asked Is the völkish movement and the popularity of viking/Germanic paganism today related?
/u/Cedric_Hampton asked Ottoman attitudes toward Western archeology in the mid-19th century
/u/EnclavedMicrostate asked Did Puritans during the reign of King Charles I actually boycott soap for being 'popish'? Was this purely an issue in England or did hardline Calvinists in Scotland act similarly?