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I'm a peasant in 1066 in Warwick. How and when would I find out that some guy name William from Normandy got crowned king of England?

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Why do we eat several courses when we dine, rather than the all-out scrounging commonly depicted as medieval?

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What was day to day life like for European sailors en route to America around 1500?

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Were slaves in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries really punished as harshly as Hollywood depicts?

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Why do I keep hearing so much about chocolate in WWII?

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Did the world really gaze, with deep amaze, at those fearless men during the 1916 Easter rising?

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What was the reason that the medieval church started condemning and prosecuting sodomy in the 12th and 13th centuries?

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We never refer to British monarchs as emperors or empresses. Why do we then refer to a British empire?

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It's me, the peasant from Warwick! William I has now reigned for 15 years. Has anything notably changed for me in that time?

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Did everyone in the Netherlands experience the Dutch Golden Age in the same way?

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I'm a peasant in 1066 in Warwick. How and when would I find out that some guy name William from Normandy got crowned king of England?	2519	AskHistorians
Why do we eat several courses when we dine, rather than the all-out scrounging commonly depicted as medieval?	33	AskHistorians
What was day to day life like for European sailors en route to America around 1500?	17	AskHistorians
Were slaves in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries really punished as harshly as Hollywood depicts?	16	AskHistorians
Why do I keep hearing so much about chocolate in WWII?	11	AskHistorians
Did the world really gaze, with deep amaze, at those fearless men during the 1916 Easter rising?	4	AskHistorians
What was the reason that the medieval church started condemning and prosecuting sodomy in the 12th and 13th centuries?	4	AskHistorians
We never refer to British monarchs as emperors or empresses. Why do we then refer to a British empire?	3	AskHistorians
It's me, the peasant from Warwick! William I has now reigned for 15 years. Has anything notably changed for me in that time?	3	AskHistorians
Did everyone in the Netherlands experience the Dutch Golden Age in the same way?	2	AskHistorians