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Supposedly after Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz, he personally adopted the orphaned children of fallen French soldiers and they were allowed to add "Napoleon" to their baptismal and family names. What did this mean for these children in practice?

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How famous would the Marquis de Lafayette have been with the average American at the end of the Revolutionary War?

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Book recommendations for learning about Habsburg Austria?

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If Ireland had a long history of autocratic chieftains and even a high king prior to the advent of English and British influence, how and why did such pronounced republicanism become the dominant strain of Irish political thought from the 1800s onward through independence?

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How were naval blockades coordinated and enforced prior to the introduction of radio communication?

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To what extent was Nazi Germany's economic development form 1933 onward "unsustainable"? And what effect did it have, if any, on their decision to go to war when they did?

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How early on did the Allies start to assume that they would definitely emerge from WWII as the victors?

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In WWI, did executions of soldiers suffering from PTSD or "shell shock" for the crime of desertion actually occur, and if so how common were they?

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How common was it for the electors of the Holy Roman Empire to elect a monarch or noble from outside the empire to the office of emperor? How did this affect the dynamics of the empire?

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Did Holy Roman Emperor Charles V consider himself Dutch/Flemish, since he was born and raised in the Low Countries? Or perhaps German or Spanish considering his grandparents' heritage? Is this too anachronistic a question to even ask?

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Supposedly after Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz, he personally adopted the orphaned children of fallen French soldiers and they were allowed to add "Napoleon" to their baptismal and family names. What did this mean for these children in practice?	33
How famous would the Marquis de Lafayette have been with the average American at the end of the Revolutionary War?	29
Book recommendations for learning about Habsburg Austria?	29
If Ireland had a long history of autocratic chieftains and even a high king prior to the advent of English and British influence, how and why did such pronounced republicanism become the dominant strain of Irish political thought from the 1800s onward through independence?	26
How were naval blockades coordinated and enforced prior to the introduction of radio communication?	24
To what extent was Nazi Germany's economic development form 1933 onward "unsustainable"? And what effect did it have, if any, on their decision to go to war when they did?	14
How early on did the Allies start to assume that they would definitely emerge from WWII as the victors?	14
In WWI, did executions of soldiers suffering from PTSD or "shell shock" for the crime of desertion actually occur, and if so how common were they?	13
How common was it for the electors of the Holy Roman Empire to elect a monarch or noble from outside the empire to the office of emperor? How did this affect the dynamics of the empire?	13
Did Holy Roman Emperor Charles V consider himself Dutch/Flemish, since he was born and raised in the Low Countries? Or perhaps German or Spanish considering his grandparents' heritage? Is this too anachronistic a question to even ask?	11