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How did medieval Europeans explain the "nightless nights" in northern Scandinavia?

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Charles De Gaulle famously responded 'non' to the UK application to join the EU in 1963, what were the reasons for his refusal and why did he choose to be so public and yet so vague on it?

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How did the name Dick become associated with it's more common and less flattering usage?

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Why are dragons a common association with the Middle Ages? Did medieval people actually believe they existed?

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Kingdom Come: Deliverance depicts Czechs largely wanting Wenceslas IV as King despite his blatant failures as a ruler, is this an accurate historical depiction?

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Chivalric ideals were a common aspiration for medieval European nobility, but what was the average peasant's view of 'knighthood'?

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Is this subreddit predominantly American?

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Why did Byzantium take so long to collapse compared to the Western Roman Empire?

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Following annexation in Crusader Kings II, a realm's former ruler and their vassals become your vassals and continue to administrate their territories - Is this an accurate representation of medieval conquest or just game design?

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In the introduction to Federalist Paper No. 69, Alexander Hamilton refers to a Grand Seignior, Khan of Tartary and Man of the Seven Mountains. The former two are kings of Turkey and nomadic khans respectively, what's the 3rd?

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How did medieval Europeans explain the "nightless nights" in northern Scandinavia?	1695
Charles De Gaulle famously responded 'non' to the UK application to join the EU in 1963, what were the reasons for his refusal and why did he choose to be so public and yet so vague on it?	644
How did the name Dick become associated with it's more common and less flattering usage?	167
Why are dragons a common association with the Middle Ages? Did medieval people actually believe they existed?	125
Kingdom Come: Deliverance depicts Czechs largely wanting Wenceslas IV as King despite his blatant failures as a ruler, is this an accurate historical depiction?	125
Chivalric ideals were a common aspiration for medieval European nobility, but what was the average peasant's view of 'knighthood'?	76
Is this subreddit predominantly American?	56
Why did Byzantium take so long to collapse compared to the Western Roman Empire?	52
Following annexation in Crusader Kings II, a realm's former ruler and their vassals become your vassals and continue to administrate their territories - Is this an accurate representation of medieval conquest or just game design?	43
In the introduction to Federalist Paper No. 69, Alexander Hamilton refers to a Grand Seignior, Khan of Tartary and Man of the Seven Mountains. The former two are kings of Turkey and nomadic khans respectively, what's the 3rd?	33