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I'm a fairly wealthy guy (noble or wealthy burgher) in 13th century England, but I'd rather have rye gruel and pease porridge than roasted pheasant and Burgundy wine. Would this be remarkable in my social circles, or just a rather boring fact about me?

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What were common techniques for making puréed foods like hummus or gazpacho soup prior to electrical blenders/processors?

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(repost) Did secular authorities ever commute or pardon heretics remanded to them by the Inquisition?

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How did elections in Medieval Italian communes work?

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What assets/talents did Chiang Kai-Shek have that allowed him to survive? (Or was he just lucky?)

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How would a Hanseatic merchant explain/justify himself to the Medieval world (and himself) circa 1250?

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How was the civilian government structured in Hussite Bohemia?

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How widely was almond milk used in France circa 1300?

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What did people in Imperial China's tributaries (e.g., Korea, Vietnam, etc) think about foot binding?

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Recently an upcoming video game set in the Late Han/Three Kingdoms-period China included a leader of a bandit faction, a woman named Zheng Jiang (in Pinyin). What historical sources, and what less-than-historical Romance-affiliated legends, provide further elaboration on her life?

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I'm a fairly wealthy guy (noble or wealthy burgher) in 13th century England, but I'd rather have rye gruel and pease porridge than roasted pheasant and Burgundy wine. Would this be remarkable in my social circles, or just a rather boring fact about me?	12
What were common techniques for making puréed foods like hummus or gazpacho soup prior to electrical blenders/processors?	11
(repost) Did secular authorities ever commute or pardon heretics remanded to them by the Inquisition?	11
How did elections in Medieval Italian communes work?	11
What assets/talents did Chiang Kai-Shek have that allowed him to survive? (Or was he just lucky?)	11
How would a Hanseatic merchant explain/justify himself to the Medieval world (and himself) circa 1250?	10
How was the civilian government structured in Hussite Bohemia?	10
How widely was almond milk used in France circa 1300?	9
What did people in Imperial China's tributaries (e.g., Korea, Vietnam, etc) think about foot binding?	9
Recently an upcoming video game set in the Late Han/Three Kingdoms-period China included a leader of a bandit faction, a woman named Zheng Jiang (in Pinyin). What historical sources, and what less-than-historical Romance-affiliated legends, provide further elaboration on her life?	9