/r/askhistorians

Year:

Only show posts with narrations

What term did the British use to refer to the American Revolution as it was happening?

2884 upvotes • jwdickey34

Mark as read: Add to a list

How do you fight Historical Revisionism?

2884 upvotes • lannistargaryen

Mark as read: Add to a list

Pederasty was tolerated in many pre-modern societies around the globe: Ancient Greece famously, but also Japan and some Indian kingdoms, for example. Today we recognize it as very harmful. Is there any evidence of the trauma it must have left on the pre-modern children who were molested? NSFW

2883 upvotes • FelicianoCalamity

Mark as read: Add to a list

How did banks/banking families in the early modern period (Medicis, Fuggers, Genoese, etc) withstand the huge financial shocks when European monarchies regularly defaulted on huge loans they had taken out?

2882 upvotes • Jazz-Cigarettes

Mark as read: Add to a list

When castles were attacked in the Middle Ages, were the peasants on the land attacked too, or left alone?

2882 upvotes • faby2022

Mark as read: Add to a list

Why was Imperial China so deadly?It seems like every accounting of a battle goes like, "After a small skirmish in which only 325,000 people were killed, the Emperor, in his wisdom and mercy, ordered only 73,000 of the townspeople to buried alive"

2882 upvotes • Souljaboy4

Mark as read: Add to a list

How were people blackmailed for 'improper' relationships (affairs, homosexuality, etc) in times before camera/video? Would it just be someone's word that they were caught in the act?

2880 upvotes • EVERYONESTOPSHOUTING

Mark as read: Add to a list

I am Ph.D Candidate Alexander Burns, here to answer your questions on Warfare in the Europe and North America, 1688-1789, AMA!

2879 upvotes • Alex_BurnsKKriege

Mark as read: Add to a list

Husband's family has a very old slave cemetery on their land. Several of the graves are in horrible shape. What would be the best way for us to go about getting them identified and preserved?

2878 upvotes • chuckfinleyisforever

Mark as read: Add to a list

I’m Dr. John Garrison Marks, author of 'Black Freedom in the Age of Slavery.’ I’m here to talk about the history of race, slavery, and freedom in the Americas. Ask me anything!

2877 upvotes • johngmarks

Mark as read: Add to a list

Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What term did the British use to refer to the American Revolution as it was happening?	2884	jwdickey34
How do you fight Historical Revisionism?	2884	lannistargaryen
Pederasty was tolerated in many pre-modern societies around the globe: Ancient Greece famously, but also Japan and some Indian kingdoms, for example. Today we recognize it as very harmful. Is there any evidence of the trauma it must have left on the pre-modern children who were molested? NSFW	2883	FelicianoCalamity
How did banks/banking families in the early modern period (Medicis, Fuggers, Genoese, etc) withstand the huge financial shocks when European monarchies regularly defaulted on huge loans they had taken out?	2882	Jazz-Cigarettes
When castles were attacked in the Middle Ages, were the peasants on the land attacked too, or left alone?	2882	faby2022
Why was Imperial China so deadly?It seems like every accounting of a battle goes like, "After a small skirmish in which only 325,000 people were killed, the Emperor, in his wisdom and mercy, ordered only 73,000 of the townspeople to buried alive"	2882	Souljaboy4
How were people blackmailed for 'improper' relationships (affairs, homosexuality, etc) in times before camera/video? Would it just be someone's word that they were caught in the act?	2880	EVERYONESTOPSHOUTING
I am Ph.D Candidate Alexander Burns, here to answer your questions on Warfare in the Europe and North America, 1688-1789, AMA!	2879	Alex_BurnsKKriege
Husband's family has a very old slave cemetery on their land. Several of the graves are in horrible shape. What would be the best way for us to go about getting them identified and preserved?	2878	chuckfinleyisforever
I’m Dr. John Garrison Marks, author of 'Black Freedom in the Age of Slavery.’ I’m here to talk about the history of race, slavery, and freedom in the Americas. Ask me anything!	2877	johngmarks