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In Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, when Elizabeth, a high-born lady, is arrested she is thrown in a common jail and kept in squalor. In reality, how were high-born ladies/gentlemen treated when they were arrested?

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Were there armies in the Middle Ages that forbade (and prosecuted) their soldiers from committing rape? How effective was the process for punishing those soldiers? NSFW

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Why did the British reward Lord Minto (Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto) with the all-important post of Governor-General of India after he messed up as Civil Commissioner for Dunkirk and then Toulon followed by quite glaring mistakes in governance as the Viceroy of Corsica ?

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What did the Roman army have that other armies didn't?

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Were the Gauls of the Roman time part of the same culture of the Germanics at that time?

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When reading one of Bart Ehrman's books he mentioned in the introduction that one criterion of judging a passage's credibility is if it is unflattering to the narrator. Is there an actual term for this approach?

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Why did Richard Nixon lose the 1962 California gubernatorial election (after winning California in the 1960 presidential election)?

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Is the Soviets' reaction to Beth Harmon in the Queen's Gambit realistic?

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When did slavery become a moral issue?

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What would a standing army do during peacetime?

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In Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, when Elizabeth, a high-born lady, is arrested she is thrown in a common jail and kept in squalor. In reality, how were high-born ladies/gentlemen treated when they were arrested?	7
Were there armies in the Middle Ages that forbade (and prosecuted) their soldiers from committing rape? How effective was the process for punishing those soldiers? NSFW	7
Why did the British reward Lord Minto (Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto) with the all-important post of Governor-General of India after he messed up as Civil Commissioner for Dunkirk and then Toulon followed by quite glaring mistakes in governance as the Viceroy of Corsica ?	7
What did the Roman army have that other armies didn't?	7
Were the Gauls of the Roman time part of the same culture of the Germanics at that time?	7
When reading one of Bart Ehrman's books he mentioned in the introduction that one criterion of judging a passage's credibility is if it is unflattering to the narrator. Is there an actual term for this approach?	7
Why did Richard Nixon lose the 1962 California gubernatorial election (after winning California in the 1960 presidential election)?	7
Is the Soviets' reaction to Beth Harmon in the Queen's Gambit realistic?	7
When did slavery become a moral issue?	7
What would a standing army do during peacetime?	7