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How expensive were medieval era inns relative to the cost of travel?

1205 upvotes • Aurorae

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Ancient ruins with booby traps in them. is that trope based on anything that actually ever existed, or is it totally the invention of 19th/20th century adventure fiction writers?

1205 upvotes • grapp

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Druing the Viking raids, did Anglo-Saxons realize they were being attacked by a group from their homeland?

1205 upvotes • chrisarg72

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How many people were NOT farmers in the Middle Ages?

1205 upvotes • TheDnDZone

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Christian monks and nuns began to form communities not long after the religion began to spread. But what about Jesus's message led people to think monasticism was a path he would approve of?

1205 upvotes • RusticBohemian

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In the 1920s and 30s, the ideology of prominent black activist Marcus Garvey described itself as fascist and claimed that fascism was the ideal political system for black liberation and independence. What opinion and reaction, if any, to Garveyism did the fascists in Europe have to this?

1205 upvotes • God-bear

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According to the Wikipedia article on the Siege of Baghdad (1258), some dude named Qarasunqur is listed as a commander who was killed in action. Yet he is mentioned nowhere else in the article. He’s not mentioned anywhere else on Google. Who tf was Qarasunqur?

1205 upvotes • premeddit

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Is anything still named after Hitler?

1204 upvotes • TheVegetaMonologues

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Police work and criminal investigations in the Middle Ages (1,000 A.D. - 1500 A.D.) in Europe. Who was 'the police' in this time period? Did they only investigate crimes against 'important' people, or did they bother to investigate the murder of a peasant? How did jurisdiction work?

1204 upvotes • ApexCannibalKing

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Why were the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the Constitution hand-written in an age of printed type?

1204 upvotes • rewdea

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How expensive were medieval era inns relative to the cost of travel?	1205	Aurorae
Ancient ruins with booby traps in them. is that trope based on anything that actually ever existed, or is it totally the invention of 19th/20th century adventure fiction writers?	1205	grapp
Druing the Viking raids, did Anglo-Saxons realize they were being attacked by a group from their homeland?	1205	chrisarg72
How many people were NOT farmers in the Middle Ages?	1205	TheDnDZone
Christian monks and nuns began to form communities not long after the religion began to spread. But what about Jesus's message led people to think monasticism was a path he would approve of?	1205	RusticBohemian
In the 1920s and 30s, the ideology of prominent black activist Marcus Garvey described itself as fascist and claimed that fascism was the ideal political system for black liberation and independence. What opinion and reaction, if any, to Garveyism did the fascists in Europe have to this?	1205	God-bear
According to the Wikipedia article on the Siege of Baghdad (1258), some dude named Qarasunqur is listed as a commander who was killed in action. Yet he is mentioned nowhere else in the article. He’s not mentioned anywhere else on Google. Who tf was Qarasunqur?	1205	premeddit
Is anything still named after Hitler?	1204	TheVegetaMonologues
Police work and criminal investigations in the Middle Ages (1,000 A.D. - 1500 A.D.) in Europe. Who was 'the police' in this time period? Did they only investigate crimes against 'important' people, or did they bother to investigate the murder of a peasant? How did jurisdiction work?	1204	ApexCannibalKing
Why were the U.S. Declaration of Independence and the Constitution hand-written in an age of printed type?	1204	rewdea