/u/JJVMT's posts
How have Southern Germans reconciled the importance of Martin Luther to German national identity with their remaining predominantly Catholic post-Reformation?
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Was there an accent associated with pirates before Robert Newton's exaggerated version of his own West Country accent became synonymous with pirate speak?
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What's the farthest back in time a modern-day person of a given nationality could go without being offended by the odor of the average person of the same nationality?
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Were helots ethnically distinct from Spartan citizens? Did they speak Greek? Were they considered Greek?
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Was history taught at universities before von Ranke? I was taught that history as an academic discipline began with him, yet I recall once reading a mention in passing of a history professor in 18th-c. Scotland (whose name sadly escapes me). What's the deal here?
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At what point in the 20th c. did Spain achieve a standard of living on par with that of other Western European countries?
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The notorious, now defunct early shock site Rotten.com claimed, without citing any sources, that Lord Byron lost his virginity at age nine with his family nurse. What evidence is there that this actually happened and what are the details? (Obviously NSFW) NSFW
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How were historic places of worship used in the Soviet Union? Given the USSR's officially atheistic stance, were many old churches and mosques just left to fall into ruin?
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