/u/LatakiaBlend's posts in /r/AskHistorians
In many video games, movies, fiction books, etc there are wooden signposts between Medieval towns pointing in the direction of the next town down that road. Were such signposts common? Who built and maintained them?
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Fear of clowns is a fairly common fear today. Are there records of fear of jesters in Medieval or Renaissance Europe?
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I'm a relatively wealthy Englishman in the late 17th century. I would like to buy land in the American colonies. How would I go about doing that?
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I'm a 16 year old from coastal Norway in the early 9th century. Do I encounter propaganda encouraging me to raid/trade/settle on the coasts of northern and western Europe? If so - is it entirely oral?
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I live in Derbyshire in Late Antiquity or the early Middle Ages. I need to salt some meat for the coming winter. Where and how do I acquire salt?
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