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How did rock music come to be so strongly associated with the occult?

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Beguines were individuals who adopted a life of piety and poverty without taking a formal religious vow. How did this sidebar to monastic life emerge, and what niche did it fill (theologically and socially) that made it distinct from more formal religious orders at the time?

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Militant suffragists seem absent from Australia and Canada at the turn of the 20th C. On the surface it seems increased women's rights were achieved solely through social awareness and lobbying. Why was this when militant suffragettes and harsh government treatment of activists was rife in Britain?

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The BIGGEST MYTHS About Tiberius, Caligula And Nero You Didn't Know Were FALSE! And OTHER TRUE Imperial STORIES That Will Have You Wishing For a Republic!

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Are there any online databases of archaeological photos, findings, illustrations, etc. from the 19th to early 20th century?

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When did our idea of "Gay Culture" in the modern sense first emerge and why?

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How did rock music come to be so strongly associated with the occult?	15
Beguines were individuals who adopted a life of piety and poverty without taking a formal religious vow. How did this sidebar to monastic life emerge, and what niche did it fill (theologically and socially) that made it distinct from more formal religious orders at the time?	14
Militant suffragists seem absent from Australia and Canada at the turn of the 20th C. On the surface it seems increased women's rights were achieved solely through social awareness and lobbying. Why was this when militant suffragettes and harsh government treatment of activists was rife in Britain?	6
The BIGGEST MYTHS About Tiberius, Caligula And Nero You Didn't Know Were FALSE! And OTHER TRUE Imperial STORIES That Will Have You Wishing For a Republic!	6
Are there any online databases of archaeological photos, findings, illustrations, etc. from the 19th to early 20th century?	3
When did our idea of "Gay Culture" in the modern sense first emerge and why?	3