askhistorians

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Was it normal to receive guests between 4:00 am and 9:00 am in Medieval France?	180
How connected were the Muslims in the southern Philippines to the rest of the Islamic world at the time of the Spanish arrival? Did they know Europe and the Middle East existed? Did they go for the Hajj?	163
What was the theology behind the Roman Imperial Cult? Did the Romans believe that becoming Emperor made one divine or were Emperors divine individuals fated to become Emperor?	157
Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern armies lost more men to disease than battle. To what degree did generals and other commanders prepare for this? Did they raise twice the amount of men they thought they needed, expecting half to be lost to disease?	143
When declaring the old Arab goddesses Uzza, Manat and Al-Lat as nonexistent, the Qu'ran says that of the numerous angels none bear female names. This seems to imply that other traditional male deities might actually exist as angels. Was this position ever taken by Islamic theologians?	139
What were the early Franks? Is Frank really a tribal identity or was an occupation or a military alliance? Who got to call himself a "Frank"? And if the core of the early Frankish kingdom was the Low Countries - why do only the peripheral areas - France and Franconia bear their name?	129
Historical Islamic empires often had taverns and brothels operating openly. Homosexual relationships often were tolerated and showed up in poetry. Was the Islamic religious scholarly class, the Ulema, historically weaker than it is now? If so, why?	127
During the period of personal union between Hannover and Great Britain, was there ever any efforts to incorporate Hannover into Great Britain?	124
This article in The Atlantic mentions that the murder rate in the Medieval period was 12%. That seems absurdly high. Is there any truth to it?	122
Did British criminals in the 1700s and 1800s really worship a deity called the Tawny Prince? If so, what were the origins of this deity?	118

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