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[META] Can We, AskHistorians take a month off of all things WWII and Nazi related?

215 upvotes • Honkifyourelonely

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Was Trial By Combat an actual thing in Medieval Europe? If so, how did really work and how was it regarded?

215 upvotes • Reedstilt

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How did prostitutes keep from getting pregnant in the middle ages? Or did they at all?

215 upvotes • Encouragedissent

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You're in a medieval European city and you need to find yourself a place to call home. Who do you talk to? A medieval realtor?

215 upvotes • [deleted]

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It's 1865, I am a recently freed slave, with no land or money. How do I support myself?

215 upvotes • demgataboyz

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In 1932 there were 5 million German citizens that voted for the communist party, including 500,000 that had joined recently. What happened to them?

215 upvotes • Rowdy10

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Why did southern plantation owners plant oaks along their entry drive?

215 upvotes • safety3rd

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What impact, if any, did Bill and Ted have on the timeline? Did their actions have any substantial impact on historical events?

215 upvotes • sumpdiddlyump_

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Depictions of Crusader soldiers often have them wearing armor or clothing with a cross upon the chest as a 'uniform' of sorts, where does this depiction stem from, and how common was it really?

215 upvotes • an_ironic_username

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Egil Skallagrímsson is reported to have killed for the first time at the age of 7, cleaving another boy's head with an axe, due to being cheated in a game. Would this be considered deviant behavior at the time (900's Iceland), or within the boundaries of acceptable behaviour?

215 upvotes • lapzkauz

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
[META] Can We, AskHistorians take a month off of all things WWII and Nazi related?	215	Honkifyourelonely
Was Trial By Combat an actual thing in Medieval Europe? If so, how did really work and how was it regarded?	215	Reedstilt
How did prostitutes keep from getting pregnant in the middle ages? Or did they at all?	215	Encouragedissent
You're in a medieval European city and you need to find yourself a place to call home. Who do you talk to? A medieval realtor?	215	[deleted]
It's 1865, I am a recently freed slave, with no land or money. How do I support myself?	215	demgataboyz
In 1932 there were 5 million German citizens that voted for the communist party, including 500,000 that had joined recently. What happened to them?	215	Rowdy10
Why did southern plantation owners plant oaks along their entry drive?	215	safety3rd
What impact, if any, did Bill and Ted have on the timeline? Did their actions have any substantial impact on historical events?	215	sumpdiddlyump_
Depictions of Crusader soldiers often have them wearing armor or clothing with a cross upon the chest as a 'uniform' of sorts, where does this depiction stem from, and how common was it really?	215	an_ironic_username
Egil Skallagrímsson is reported to have killed for the first time at the age of 7, cleaving another boy's head with an axe, due to being cheated in a game. Would this be considered deviant behavior at the time (900's Iceland), or within the boundaries of acceptable behaviour?	215	lapzkauz