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Well known is the "one-drop" rule in the US with regard to African ancestry. Was there ever anything similar with regard to Native American ancestry?
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Was there any racist backlash against Herbert Hoover's choice of Charles Curtis, a man with significant Native American ancestry, as his running mate (and, consequently, his VP)?
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Despite their anti-Christian image, black metal bands often use castles and other motifs from Christian Medieval Europe in their image. Was there ever a place and time where classic Medieval castles (i.e., stone ones from about 1000 onward) were used by pagans? Perhaps in the Baltic region?
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When was Old English literature rediscovered by Modern English speakers? When did Old English philology emerge?
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In many 1790's English Gothic and Sentimental novels set in the then-present (or within 30 years of it), characters often switch suddenly to "thee"/"thou" for emotionally intense speeches. Does this reflect real usage? I thought that secular use of "thou" was already dead or moribund by the time.
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Beyond obvious distinguishers of religion, language, and culture, did Early Modern Christians and Muslims in Iberia consider each other phenotypically distinct? In other words, if a Christian or Muslim dressed as someone of the other religion and didn't talk, could they have passed?
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To what extent could we characterize the Catholic Church as a Western European U.N. during the High and/or Late Middle Ages?
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Vikings (or pre-Christian Norse people more broadly) are often portrayed as looking like unrefined barbarians compared to their Christian contemporaries. Is this portrayal accurate? How different were their dress and grooming habits from those of their Christian contemporaries anyway?
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