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What would your typical 12th century English peasant's house be like? How about your typical blacksmith's house of the same time and place?

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Do we know FDR's personal thoughts on the internment of Japanese-Americans? Is there any sign he recognized it as a betrayal of American values?

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Why do the Olympics have "Team Great Britain" but the FIFA World Cup and most other international sports competitions have separate teams for England, Scotland, and Wales?

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Would Norman nobles during The Anarchy in England (1138-1155) have spoken English? When did the transition to English occur?

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Would a king in Britain in 528 actually be impressed that a time-traveler could predict a solar eclipse, as Mark Twain depicted, or would they say, "Yeah, the court astrologer told us there was one coming up"?

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The Cadfael Chronicles are about a 12th century English monk who is the abbey herbalist and is depicted as effective at his job. Would an herbalist in England at that time have anything that actually works?

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Porridge and gruel were one of the main staples along with bread in the European diet for millennia. Roman and medieval peasants would often have savory gruel for lunch and dinner. But today they seem much more marginal in Western Europe, other than hot breakfast cereal. Why did they decline?

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New Jersey ratified the 13th Amendment to the U.S. constitution (abolishing slavery) on Jan. 23, 1866 after initially rejecting it March 16, 1865. Why did they initially reject it?

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Is there a reason "tis" was supplanted by "it's" and "twas" died out in most dialects of English? Some sound change? Or just something that happened?

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English seems very unusual among languages that use the Latin alphabet in that it has no diacritical marks for letters for native words. Is there are historic reason why this happened in English and not in most other languages?

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What would your typical 12th century English peasant's house be like? How about your typical blacksmith's house of the same time and place?	49	AskHistorians
Do we know FDR's personal thoughts on the internment of Japanese-Americans? Is there any sign he recognized it as a betrayal of American values?	48	AskHistorians
Why do the Olympics have "Team Great Britain" but the FIFA World Cup and most other international sports competitions have separate teams for England, Scotland, and Wales?	45	AskHistorians
Would Norman nobles during The Anarchy in England (1138-1155) have spoken English? When did the transition to English occur?	40	AskHistorians
Would a king in Britain in 528 actually be impressed that a time-traveler could predict a solar eclipse, as Mark Twain depicted, or would they say, "Yeah, the court astrologer told us there was one coming up"?	39	AskHistorians
The Cadfael Chronicles are about a 12th century English monk who is the abbey herbalist and is depicted as effective at his job. Would an herbalist in England at that time have anything that actually works?	39	AskHistorians
Porridge and gruel were one of the main staples along with bread in the European diet for millennia. Roman and medieval peasants would often have savory gruel for lunch and dinner. But today they seem much more marginal in Western Europe, other than hot breakfast cereal. Why did they decline?	39	AskHistorians
New Jersey ratified the 13th Amendment to the U.S. constitution (abolishing slavery) on Jan. 23, 1866 after initially rejecting it March 16, 1865. Why did they initially reject it?	37	AskHistorians
Is there a reason "tis" was supplanted by "it's" and "twas" died out in most dialects of English? Some sound change? Or just something that happened?	37	AskHistorians
English seems very unusual among languages that use the Latin alphabet in that it has no diacritical marks for letters for native words. Is there are historic reason why this happened in English and not in most other languages?	34	AskHistorians