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I’m Dr Jitske Jasperse, here to talk about my book ‘Medieval Women, Material Culture, and Power: Matilda Plantagenet and Her Sisters’, which deals with material culture as a source for understanding elite women’s power. AMA!

353 upvotes • AllThingsMedieval

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AMA: Martha S. Jones, author of “Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All" (Sept. 10 at 12 PM ET)

353 upvotes • drmarthasjones

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In the image below depicts a Qing soldier from the Qianlong Era. Did their attire truly consist of steel armour, especially when muskets (even shown in the picture) made said armour obsolete?

353 upvotes • PigMarauder

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What kinds of snake oil cures were advertised during the 1918 flu pandemic? Also, was all that partying in roaring 20's a way of coping with all the pandemic trauma?

353 upvotes • Unheroic_

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Charles Dickens walked 15-20 miles a day. That's at least 3+ hours. How could he devote so much time to walking while still having time to write a ton of novels, edit magazines, act in plays, and run several charities? What was he thinking about on those walks?

353 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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In the 1800’s, Great Britain had an empire that subjugated 20% of the world’s population. How then, was the British public so unified in its opposition to slavery in comparison to the US; a country founded on the principles of liberty and equality?

353 upvotes • Immobilesteelrims

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Why are Anglosphere Indian communities so disproportionately Punjabi Sikh?

353 upvotes • insert90

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Was Nero's neckbeard a common fashion of the time or would it have been considered weird by contemporary standards?

353 upvotes • ataraxic89

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Mexican nationalism often focuses on Aztec heritage. How did Mexico manage to square that with being a predominantly Spanish-speaking and Catholic country? Were there ever efforts to revive Nahuatl? (Not that it's extinct, but it's a small minority language today)

353 upvotes • c4hokian

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Why are queens so powerful in chess?

353 upvotes • AccomplishedAdagio13

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I’m Dr Jitske Jasperse, here to talk about my book ‘Medieval Women, Material Culture, and Power: Matilda Plantagenet and Her Sisters’, which deals with material culture as a source for understanding elite women’s power. AMA!	353	AllThingsMedieval
AMA: Martha S. Jones, author of “Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All" (Sept. 10 at 12 PM ET)	353	drmarthasjones
In the image below depicts a Qing soldier from the Qianlong Era. Did their attire truly consist of steel armour, especially when muskets (even shown in the picture) made said armour obsolete?	353	PigMarauder
What kinds of snake oil cures were advertised during the 1918 flu pandemic? Also, was all that partying in roaring 20's a way of coping with all the pandemic trauma?	353	Unheroic_
Charles Dickens walked 15-20 miles a day. That's at least 3+ hours. How could he devote so much time to walking while still having time to write a ton of novels, edit magazines, act in plays, and run several charities? What was he thinking about on those walks?	353	RusticBohemian
In the 1800’s, Great Britain had an empire that subjugated 20% of the world’s population. How then, was the British public so unified in its opposition to slavery in comparison to the US; a country founded on the principles of liberty and equality?	353	Immobilesteelrims
Why are Anglosphere Indian communities so disproportionately Punjabi Sikh?	353	insert90
Was Nero's neckbeard a common fashion of the time or would it have been considered weird by contemporary standards?	353	ataraxic89
Mexican nationalism often focuses on Aztec heritage. How did Mexico manage to square that with being a predominantly Spanish-speaking and Catholic country? Were there ever efforts to revive Nahuatl? (Not that it's extinct, but it's a small minority language today)	353	c4hokian
Why are queens so powerful in chess?	353	AccomplishedAdagio13