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Dancing plagues in early modern Europe: what's it all about?

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was there such a thing as a bar in 19th-century San Francisco with a chair that dumped drugged people down a trapdoor to kidnap them and force them into the sailing life? ("getting shanghaied")

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How common was kidnapping in medieval and early modern society?

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What was prenatal care like in medieval Europe? Was pregnancy considered a 9- to 10- month period like it is now, or was it thought to be something else (like dropsy), only starting when a woman could feel the baby move? What was advised for pregnant women to gestate healthy offspring?

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7 in early modern Venice (16th-18th centuries specifically), what kinds of behavior were acceptable or unacceptable depending on whether a person was wearing a mask?

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Birth Control, Pregnancy and Childbirth in 1920s USA

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What were the options for a woman who wanted education in medieval Europe?

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What kind of censorship was enforced in medieval Europe?

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Questions about the Ottoman Harem 1400-1800

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what was a typical person's life like in the first half of the 1600s in Rome?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Dancing plagues in early modern Europe: what's it all about?	239
was there such a thing as a bar in 19th-century San Francisco with a chair that dumped drugged people down a trapdoor to kidnap them and force them into the sailing life? ("getting shanghaied")	129
How common was kidnapping in medieval and early modern society?	58
What was prenatal care like in medieval Europe? Was pregnancy considered a 9- to 10- month period like it is now, or was it thought to be something else (like dropsy), only starting when a woman could feel the baby move? What was advised for pregnant women to gestate healthy offspring?	42
7 in early modern Venice (16th-18th centuries specifically), what kinds of behavior were acceptable or unacceptable depending on whether a person was wearing a mask?	38
Birth Control, Pregnancy and Childbirth in 1920s USA	32
What were the options for a woman who wanted education in medieval Europe?	28
What kind of censorship was enforced in medieval Europe?	28
Questions about the Ottoman Harem 1400-1800	20
what was a typical person's life like in the first half of the 1600s in Rome?	18