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I just learned that the artists in residence at the Papal Court of Avignon (1300s) smoked hashish. Was there any religious and societal condemnation of such behavior the way there is today?

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What did the life of a medieval hermit entail? Also, why were there so many hermits in medieval Europe, and why were they so widely admired?

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Casanova's financial health

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What are some examples of forbidden books from medieval Europe, and why were they forbidden?

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If the medieval mystic Elisabeth van Spalbeek abused her body daily through her "dancing," couldn't that have caused her stigmata?

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"dolphin wig" in 17th-century Rome

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I am studying music and have asked a few professors this, but no one seems to know.

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where did medieval university students live? and other questions about the medieval "college experience."

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In modern dollars and cents, how much was one scudo (plural: scudi) worth in Rome in the first half of the 1600s?

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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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I just learned that the artists in residence at the Papal Court of Avignon (1300s) smoked hashish. Was there any religious and societal condemnation of such behavior the way there is today?	17
What did the life of a medieval hermit entail? Also, why were there so many hermits in medieval Europe, and why were they so widely admired?	15
Casanova's financial health	12
What are some examples of forbidden books from medieval Europe, and why were they forbidden?	11
If the medieval mystic Elisabeth van Spalbeek abused her body daily through her "dancing," couldn't that have caused her stigmata?	11
"dolphin wig" in 17th-century Rome	11
I am studying music and have asked a few professors this, but no one seems to know.	10
where did medieval university students live? and other questions about the medieval "college experience."	10
In modern dollars and cents, how much was one scudo (plural: scudi) worth in Rome in the first half of the 1600s?	9
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?	7