/u/NiceGuyPewdipie's posts in /r/askhistorians
If you bought two loafs of bread in a medieval market, would they just be handed to you, or will you recive some sort of sack or bag?
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In the early days of the European printing press, would I rather have a printed copy of a book or a manually copied one? Which one would be the most beautiful?
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How big did a settlement in, for example, the 1200's, need to be to have some sort of guard/police? Were these people professional and paid, or mere volunteers? Or did it depend?
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