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In mainstream American culture it has long been acceptable to stereotype, mock, insult, scapegoat, and talk down to poor whites, especially from Appalachia or the south. Why did this kind of talk not become unacceptable in the 1970s-1990s?
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When did fist fighting (as opposed to dueling or brawling) become a socially acceptable way for 19th-20th century western men and boys to settle problems? And how did it fall from favor?
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How closely connected was medieval Ethiopia to the broader Christian world, especially the Eastern Roman Empire?
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In my reading on the High Middle Ages, I have come across aristocrats who claimed (or could have claimed) clerical status to exempt themselves from secular justice. What were these minor clerical orders that married knights could belong to?
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In the late 1920s and early 1930s (the so-called Third Period), Josef Stalin and various other communist leaders seem to have seen fascists everywhere, applying the label to everyone from social democrats to Nazis. How did they define fascism? Was it a simple pejorative or was there some criteria?
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In 11th-12th century France, how much practical control would a great magnate have over the secondary tier of lords within his territory (County of Anjou, Duchy of Aquitaine, etc)?
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