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What was Montezuma II of the Aztecs actually thinking when he trusted Cortes and let the conquistadores stay as guests in his palace until he ended up their prisoner?

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Any ideas at all for how or why Inuit kayakers kept ending up in Scotland in the 17th-18th centuries?

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How accurate is the depiction of Spartan hoplite warfare in the historical fiction novel Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield?

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Were there any violent conflicts or battles between the Avignon and Roman popes during the Western Schism from 1378 to 1417?

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I’ve read that Mesoamerican natives like the Tlascalans who helped Cortez overthrow the Aztecs later objected to not being treated any better by the Spanish and even tried to take their claims to Spanish courts. How did this work and did any succeed?

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The Decameron written in the 14th century has a lot of bawdy stories about illicit sex, often involving clergy, and seems really cynical toward the Catholic Church. What was the social context of this and what social class was reading the Decameron?

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[WP] A soldier is killed in battle but wakes up to find himself surrounded by all the dead soldiers of that battlefield, friend and foe, from the distant past to the future, all standing and sitting around together.

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[WP] A group of soldiers get separated from their units during a chaotic battle and take refuge together. Then they realize they are on opposite sides.

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Socrates was sentenced to death by drinking hemlock. How common was this as a method of execution and what were other usual methods of execution in ancient Greece and Rome?

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French Huguenot Protestants were viciously persecuted by Catholics in 16th-17th century France. A century later during t French Revolution, vicious anti-clericalism incited the French to seize and deface Church property and massacre thousands of priests. Did anyone reflect on this/see it as ironic?

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What was Montezuma II of the Aztecs actually thinking when he trusted Cortes and let the conquistadores stay as guests in his palace until he ended up their prisoner?	26	AskHistorians
Any ideas at all for how or why Inuit kayakers kept ending up in Scotland in the 17th-18th centuries?	26	AskHistorians
How accurate is the depiction of Spartan hoplite warfare in the historical fiction novel Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield?	26	AskHistorians
Were there any violent conflicts or battles between the Avignon and Roman popes during the Western Schism from 1378 to 1417?	26	AskHistorians
I’ve read that Mesoamerican natives like the Tlascalans who helped Cortez overthrow the Aztecs later objected to not being treated any better by the Spanish and even tried to take their claims to Spanish courts. How did this work and did any succeed?	24	AskHistorians
The Decameron written in the 14th century has a lot of bawdy stories about illicit sex, often involving clergy, and seems really cynical toward the Catholic Church. What was the social context of this and what social class was reading the Decameron?	21	AskHistorians
[WP] A soldier is killed in battle but wakes up to find himself surrounded by all the dead soldiers of that battlefield, friend and foe, from the distant past to the future, all standing and sitting around together.	20	WritingPrompts
[WP] A group of soldiers get separated from their units during a chaotic battle and take refuge together. Then they realize they are on opposite sides.	19	WritingPrompts
Socrates was sentenced to death by drinking hemlock. How common was this as a method of execution and what were other usual methods of execution in ancient Greece and Rome?	19	AskHistorians
French Huguenot Protestants were viciously persecuted by Catholics in 16th-17th century France. A century later during t French Revolution, vicious anti-clericalism incited the French to seize and deface Church property and massacre thousands of priests. Did anyone reflect on this/see it as ironic?	17	AskHistorians