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It seems to me that there is only very limited historical documentation of LGBT people prior in preindustrial societies, is this because the concepts of sex and gender were viewed differently or that most who might have identified as such were closeted due to rampant societal discrimination?

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Did atheists exist in the middle ages?

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I have read that the conflicts of the Hundred Years War put both England and France into very considerable debt, who paid for this?

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How did the the Protestant Reformation and its opposing Counter-Reformation influence gender roles in the lands of the Holy Roman Empire?

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Why was black so ubiquitous in 16th century attire?

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I'm a commoner living in Persia during the Safavid Dynasty, how is my life different from my ancestors who lived in previous dynasties?

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The Flemish painter Pieter Brueghel the Elder is notable for among other things his paintings of village life and peasantry, are these drawn from first-hand experience?

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How was siege warfare conducted in the early modern period?

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About how much of the land in a country in the 16th century, let's say France, would have been used for agriculture?

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Today is November 5th what do we know of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder plot? What was their endgame if they had succeeded?

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It seems to me that there is only very limited historical documentation of LGBT people prior in preindustrial societies, is this because the concepts of sex and gender were viewed differently or that most who might have identified as such were closeted due to rampant societal discrimination?	25	AskHistorians
Did atheists exist in the middle ages?	25	AskHistorians
I have read that the conflicts of the Hundred Years War put both England and France into very considerable debt, who paid for this?	25	AskHistorians
How did the the Protestant Reformation and its opposing Counter-Reformation influence gender roles in the lands of the Holy Roman Empire?	25	AskHistorians
Why was black so ubiquitous in 16th century attire?	24	AskHistorians
I'm a commoner living in Persia during the Safavid Dynasty, how is my life different from my ancestors who lived in previous dynasties?	23	AskHistorians
The Flemish painter Pieter Brueghel the Elder is notable for among other things his paintings of village life and peasantry, are these drawn from first-hand experience?	23	AskHistorians
How was siege warfare conducted in the early modern period?	23	AskHistorians
About how much of the land in a country in the 16th century, let's say France, would have been used for agriculture?	22	AskHistorians
Today is November 5th what do we know of Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder plot? What was their endgame if they had succeeded?	21	AskHistorians