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I've just read article about Vikings where author stated that bathing and washing clothes was considered sinful amongst the contemporary Christians. Is this claim true? If so, do we have any idea where that line of thought could have developed from?	51
Kropotkin says in The Conquest of Bread that: "The history of mankind, thus understood, does not offer, then, an argument against Communism. It appears, on the contrary, as a succession of endeavours to realize some sort of communist organization.." Would today's historians tend to agree with this?	51
What is the role of USA in the military dictatorship that took place in Brazil from the 60s to the 80s?	51
Was Knighthood a consistent concept/social class across europe?	51
When the Civil War ended, how many (if any) plantation owners kept their slaves in violation of the law?	51
Will future historical biographical research involve researching personal computers and social media posts? Does this happen already?	51
During the negotiations to unite the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into Great Britain, was the idea of the British capital being somewhere other than London ever entertained?	51
We often hear of German supply problems during the invasion of the Soviet Union, but what of the Soviet side? How did their supply situation look, particularly late in the war when their offensives took them into enemy-occupied territory, where the rail gauge wasn't Soviet standard?	51
If ‘Common sense’ was published anonymously how was Paine ever credited with it?	51
During the American Revolutionary War, 42,000 English Redcoats deserted. Where did they go? What happened to such deserters stranded in foreign territory?	51

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