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What was the difference in quality of life in major European medieval cities? As an non-noble resident of, say, Paris, would my life have been noticeably better or worse than a contemporary in (for example) London or Barcelona?

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Pyrrhus of Epirus and Mithridates VI: What made them so great?

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"In order to be elected King of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Augustus [the Strong] converted to Roman Catholicism." What did that conversion process (or similar high-profile conversions) look like?

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What was the difference in quality of life in major European medieval cities? As an non-noble resident of, say, Paris, would my life have been noticeably better or worse than a contemporary in (for example) London or Barcelona?	645
Pyrrhus of Epirus and Mithridates VI: What made them so great?	4
"In order to be elected King of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Augustus [the Strong] converted to Roman Catholicism." What did that conversion process (or similar high-profile conversions) look like?	4