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For some reason, I have always imagined education at Medieval universities being less structured and formalized than it is at modern universities (in terms of matters like deadlines, study completion times, strict lists of assignments for all students, etc.). Is that true or false?	306
When did poetry become considered an unmanly pursuit in the West and how did this happen after millennia of respected male poets?	275
The racially charged context in which marijuana was outlawed in the US seems pretty uniquely American, so how and why did it become illegal almost worldwide?	275
Does the idea of a mob of townsfolk wielding torches and pitchforks in some Germanic setting have any historical precedent, or was it invented by Universal Studies for its Frankenstein movies of the 1930s and '40s?	260
Given that the South is much more religious than the rest of the US today, what were Confederate attitudes toward separation of church and state like? (2nd attempt)	252
How did Trotsky make a living during his years of exile? Based on pics of the houses he lived in, he seems to have been fairly comfortable materially.	246
Is Beowulf only considered a classic because all other long OE literary works that it might have competed with have been lost?	243
How far back can we trace the stereotype that Northern Europeans are reserved and punctual and that Southern Europeans, in turn, are expressive and more relaxed about time?	228
What was Francoist Spain's position and rhetoric on Latin America? Did it ever use reclaiming past colonial glory to rally people the way that fascist Italy used reclaiming Ancient Roman glory for the same purpose? Also, what were Franco's relationships with actual Latin American states like?	223
Why does the Black Death seem to be almost absent from 14th and 15th c. English literature? (Repost)	204

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