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Why did Socialist Hungary (1949–1989) have Corvinus Matthias be praised in its textbooks as a great kind and ruler? Wouldn't the idea of kings be incompatible with socialist ideology?

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I've read that in Europe, the stereotypical medieval modesty only became a thing after the Black Death started devastating the country. Is this true?

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How did Matthias's Black Army compare with contemporary late-medieval/early renaissance armies? What did the peers of Mathias Hunyadi think of him and his mercenary army?

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What was the international impact of the 1956 Hungarian october revolution?

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Have we historical records of mute rulers (baron, count, duke, king) between 800-1500? If so, how did they rule? Or were they at the whims of their regents?

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I'm an English merchant sailing to the West Indes during the 17th century. It is peacetime with Spain, but tensions are high. A storm throws me off course, leading me to south america. The closest port is flying the spanish flag - could I make port and resupply, or must I risk it to safe harbour?

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How did nobility and royalty manage to reduce commoner rights to let serfdom dominate in Hungary, or similar Eastern European Countries?

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How did the yugoslavian war impact university and high school education within yugoslavia? Were exams made easier, harder, cancelled?

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Before the Khmielinsky Uprising, what was life like for women and religious minorities within the Zaporozhian Host?

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Were personal unions considered to be a single country, or multiple separate countries that happened to pay tax to the same sovereign before the renaissance?

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Why did Socialist Hungary (1949–1989) have Corvinus Matthias be praised in its textbooks as a great kind and ruler? Wouldn't the idea of kings be incompatible with socialist ideology?	10
I've read that in Europe, the stereotypical medieval modesty only became a thing after the Black Death started devastating the country. Is this true?	10
How did Matthias's Black Army compare with contemporary late-medieval/early renaissance armies? What did the peers of Mathias Hunyadi think of him and his mercenary army?	10
What was the international impact of the 1956 Hungarian october revolution?	10
Have we historical records of mute rulers (baron, count, duke, king) between 800-1500? If so, how did they rule? Or were they at the whims of their regents?	9
I'm an English merchant sailing to the West Indes during the 17th century. It is peacetime with Spain, but tensions are high. A storm throws me off course, leading me to south america. The closest port is flying the spanish flag - could I make port and resupply, or must I risk it to safe harbour?	9
How did nobility and royalty manage to reduce commoner rights to let serfdom dominate in Hungary, or similar Eastern European Countries?	9
How did the yugoslavian war impact university and high school education within yugoslavia? Were exams made easier, harder, cancelled?	8
Before the Khmielinsky Uprising, what was life like for women and religious minorities within the Zaporozhian Host?	8
Were personal unions considered to be a single country, or multiple separate countries that happened to pay tax to the same sovereign before the renaissance?	8