/u/[deleted]'s posts in /r/AskHistorians

Year:

Only show posts with narrations

Shakespeare gives directions for some characters to speak Welsh in Henry IV Part 1. Would the actors have said anything comprehensible or would they have been doing racist mockery a la “ching chong ping pong ding dong” for Chinese, as you sometimes hear?

4 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

What are the earliest origins of classical architecture, and do they precede the Greeks as influenced from elsewhere, or were the Greeks truly the inventors and formers of this renowned style?

4 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Why did British Monarchs not lead their troops

4 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

What was life like for a Boyar in Russia after the ascension of Tsar Michael I? What kind of power did they wield over the country?

4 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Why, in the early 1900s and the centuries before that, did nearly all men wear hats? Was it for religious reasons or practical reasons?

4 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

What would have been the targets for the atom bombs in Germany?

4 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

What exactly is classifiable as Teutonic mythology?

4 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

How exactly was an escape from The Great Escape (1963) carried out?

4 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Before there was artillery, did armies always siege castles in wars or are there examples of wars where armies ignored all forts and headed straight for the capital?

4 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Books on the Russian Civil War

4 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Shakespeare gives directions for some characters to speak Welsh in Henry IV Part 1. Would the actors have said anything comprehensible or would they have been doing racist mockery a la “ching chong ping pong ding dong” for Chinese, as you sometimes hear?	4
What are the earliest origins of classical architecture, and do they precede the Greeks as influenced from elsewhere, or were the Greeks truly the inventors and formers of this renowned style?	4
Why did British Monarchs not lead their troops	4
What was life like for a Boyar in Russia after the ascension of Tsar Michael I? What kind of power did they wield over the country?	4
Why, in the early 1900s and the centuries before that, did nearly all men wear hats? Was it for religious reasons or practical reasons?	4
What would have been the targets for the atom bombs in Germany?	4
What exactly is classifiable as Teutonic mythology?	4
How exactly was an escape from The Great Escape (1963) carried out?	4
Before there was artillery, did armies always siege castles in wars or are there examples of wars where armies ignored all forts and headed straight for the capital?	4
Books on the Russian Civil War	4