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Communist countries in eastern europe spoke about having "achieved socialism" in the 1960s and 1970s, as in the Czechoslovak Constitution of 1960. What exactly did this mean to them, in theory and practice?

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Alexander Yakovlev claims in "A Century of Violence in Soviet Russia" that 110,200 Orthodox priests were shot in 1937-1941 in the USSR. He provides no source. I was a bit uncertain about this, since in the entire world in 1940 there were only ~400,000 catholic priests. Is this accurate?

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What happened the Anglo-Saxon clerical and political elite after the Norman Conquest? Where did they "go?" (individual examples would be appreciated). And do we know anything about how these elites perceived their misfortunes and new status under the Normans?

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Were midnight masses in the Middle Ages actually at 12:00, or were they more broadly "in the middle of the night" (at least for the majority of rural laypeople)?

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How was the reign of Elizabeth I perceived, in terms of her policies and the cultural life of England at the time, during the Interregnum ~50 years later?

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Communist countries in eastern europe spoke about having "achieved socialism" in the 1960s and 1970s, as in the Czechoslovak Constitution of 1960. What exactly did this mean to them, in theory and practice?	1014
Alexander Yakovlev claims in "A Century of Violence in Soviet Russia" that 110,200 Orthodox priests were shot in 1937-1941 in the USSR. He provides no source. I was a bit uncertain about this, since in the entire world in 1940 there were only ~400,000 catholic priests. Is this accurate?	40
What happened the Anglo-Saxon clerical and political elite after the Norman Conquest? Where did they "go?" (individual examples would be appreciated). And do we know anything about how these elites perceived their misfortunes and new status under the Normans?	10
Were midnight masses in the Middle Ages actually at 12:00, or were they more broadly "in the middle of the night" (at least for the majority of rural laypeople)?	5
How was the reign of Elizabeth I perceived, in terms of her policies and the cultural life of England at the time, during the Interregnum ~50 years later?	4