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Why did medieval European peasants' revolts always fail?

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At what age did medieval scholars (or other literate people in mostly illiterate societies) learn to read?

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Why is the 1973 coup against Allende so much better known than many other examples of left-wing Latin American governments overthrown by American-backed military coups? Was the Chilean case especially brutal? Or were its survivors better publicists in some way?

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Did Shakespeare read Chaucer?

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Why are the apostles Jude and Judas given different names in English despite having the same name in Greek?

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Were anarchists involved in the Bialystok Pogrom of 1906?

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What was Mao Zedong's first language?

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When parts of France were controlled by England during the Hundred Years War, did people think of it as "part of England"?

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What did the word "communist" mean in 1910?

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Do we have any idea who (if anyone) is buried in the "Cave of the Patriarchs" in Hebron?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why did medieval European peasants' revolts always fail?	22	AskHistorians
At what age did medieval scholars (or other literate people in mostly illiterate societies) learn to read?	21	AskHistorians
Why is the 1973 coup against Allende so much better known than many other examples of left-wing Latin American governments overthrown by American-backed military coups? Was the Chilean case especially brutal? Or were its survivors better publicists in some way?	19	AskHistorians
Did Shakespeare read Chaucer?	18	AskHistorians
Why are the apostles Jude and Judas given different names in English despite having the same name in Greek?	17	AskHistorians
Were anarchists involved in the Bialystok Pogrom of 1906?	17	AskHistorians
What was Mao Zedong's first language?	17	AskHistorians
When parts of France were controlled by England during the Hundred Years War, did people think of it as "part of England"?	17	AskHistorians
What did the word "communist" mean in 1910?	16	AskHistorians
Do we have any idea who (if anyone) is buried in the "Cave of the Patriarchs" in Hebron?	16	AskHistorians