/u/DeliriousSatyr's posts in /r/askhistorians
It's 1534 and I'm a commoner in rural England. King Henry just split with the catholic church. How does this change things in my local parish? Do we all just go along with the pope no longer being the head of the church?
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CPG Grey’s video “How to be a pirate” mentions that pirates agreed upon a contract before engaging on a voyage. Do we have any specifics on what these contracts contained and would the contents of a contract differ between crewmates?
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Names like county, duchy, kingdom and empire are used a lot but what actually is the difference between them?
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The Ottomans, Mughals and Safavid Iran are colloquially referred to as “Gunpowder Empires”. Did their use gunpowder weaponry differ much from their contemporary Western counterparts?
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Why did Medieval and renaissance Italy have a higher concentration of republics compared to the rest of Europe?
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How did the use of gunpowder weapon differ in the gunpowder empires from their contemporary adversaries?
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How widespread was the practise and knowledge of Abrahamic religions amongst the pre-Islamic Arabian tribes?
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