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Well known is the pan-European influence of Shakespeare from the 18th c. onward. Was Chaucer known or respected outside Britain before the 19th c.? (Attempt 2)
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Thinking of Scarlett O'Hara, I must ask, wouldn't the probability of family of the Southern plantation-owning aristocracy bearing that surname (and the Irish Catholic origins it betrays) have been almost zero?
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I'm a young, well-to-do Englishman of fashion in the 1810s. During which years of the decade am I most likely to wear knee breeches as opposed to long pants, and vice-versa? (Attempt 3)
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I've seen the claim that George Washington was a bad speller. Is this true, or is it a case of modern misunderstanding of the slightly more casual nature of 18th-c. spelling?
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Weeks before he was murdered, Archbishop Romero wrote President Carter a letter asking him to cease monetary support for El Salvador's military junta with its myriad human rights violations. Neither before nor after Romero's death did Carter heed the letter. Did he ever regret this?
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How did 18th-century-style wigs remain part of the uniform of British judges so long after they disappeared from everyday use?
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Why did Vaudeville die out despite having provided plenty of successful Hollywood comedians who, I would assume, retained many Vaudevillian elements on the big screen?
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Was the War of the Roses any less of a civil war than the English Civil War? Why is it not considered the First English Civil War?
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