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How were criminal cases pursued in medieval France by peasants? If I suspected a guy of stealing my pig, how would I go about trying to bring him up on formal charges?

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Have there been any models that predict what conditions are necessary for Great Powers to engage in war in the modern era?

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Alexander the Great's mother's and father's families both claimed descent from Zeus. How would this have been seen by the Greeks?

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If a universe were a computer simulation, if the program were to take a while to process an event, would that processing time be observable within that universe?

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Did medieval China, being one of the first countries to use paper money, ever have to deal with bank runs or shortage of specie or confidence crises in the paper currency?

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Are there any Evolutionary Psychology hypotheses that explain royal incest as practiced by the Ancient Egyptians or other cultures?

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Before the rise of nationalism in France, would anyone have used the word 'français' as an adjective to describe him or herself?

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How many discrete social ranks below nobility were there in the high and late Middle Ages of England?

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A lot of peoples' names for themselves seem to translate to things like "men" or "people." Historically, would that imply they didn't consider other groups to be true men or people?

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What functions did medieval European governments have other than the military one? Did they ever build or maintain roads, canals, or other public works projects?

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How were criminal cases pursued in medieval France by peasants? If I suspected a guy of stealing my pig, how would I go about trying to bring him up on formal charges?	22	AskHistorians
Have there been any models that predict what conditions are necessary for Great Powers to engage in war in the modern era?	16	askscience
Alexander the Great's mother's and father's families both claimed descent from Zeus. How would this have been seen by the Greeks?	15	AskHistorians
If a universe were a computer simulation, if the program were to take a while to process an event, would that processing time be observable within that universe?	15	askscience
Did medieval China, being one of the first countries to use paper money, ever have to deal with bank runs or shortage of specie or confidence crises in the paper currency?	12	AskHistorians
Are there any Evolutionary Psychology hypotheses that explain royal incest as practiced by the Ancient Egyptians or other cultures?	11	askscience
Before the rise of nationalism in France, would anyone have used the word 'français' as an adjective to describe him or herself?	11	AskHistorians
How many discrete social ranks below nobility were there in the high and late Middle Ages of England?	10	AskHistorians
A lot of peoples' names for themselves seem to translate to things like "men" or "people." Historically, would that imply they didn't consider other groups to be true men or people?	8	AskHistorians
What functions did medieval European governments have other than the military one? Did they ever build or maintain roads, canals, or other public works projects?	7	AskHistorians