AskHistorians

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It’s 1890 and I’m a respected Victorian gentleman who’s out for a night of whoring, general debauchery, trampling the poor, etc. What kinds of birth control/protection are available to me as a well-off member of the upper classes?	1160
In 1139, during the Second Council of Lateran, Pope Innocent II banned the use of crossbows against fellow Christians...was this edict enforced or was it just a symbolic move?	432
When did Byzantine soldiers cease to look recognizably “Roman”? In other words, when did Byzantine armies cease to organize in the fashion of the Late Roman Legions and adopt more “medieval” equipment and tactics?	42
Why were the navies of 19th/20th century European powers hotbeds of left-wing political activity?	28
When did Americans begin to view individuals from Latin America as being part of a different race (even when said individuals ancestors came from Spain or Portugal)? We’re Hispanics always “othered” by WASP’s like the Irish in the 19th century?	28
In 1804, Haitian Emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines ordered the massacre of every remaining French person in Haiti (including women and children). What effect did this have on the public opinion towards slavery in the United States? Did it result in Americans becoming more fearful of abolitionism?	23
How did policing work during the Middle Ages? Were outlaws and criminals arrested by the military? How did the government keep order given that there was no modern police force?	19
Did the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) operate in the pacific during WWII (like the imperial german Navy did during WWI)? If so, what was the extent of their involvement?	2
How long did Greek Culture survive/remain dominant in Bactria following the wars of the Diadochi? What caused its decline?	2

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