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Is this true?: "When the Spaniards first arrived in Mexico, natives bearing incense burners were assigned to accompany them wherever they went. The Spaniards thought it was a mark of divine honour. We know from native sources that they found the newcomers' smell unbearable."

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Do we have any non Christian or not European source on witch trials in the Early Modern Europe? For example Muslim or Jewish sources, ambassadors, travellers or traders from other places...

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I have read that during the siege of Paris in 1590 the people inside the city was so starving that eat bread made with bones of the dead (the so called 'pain de Madame de Montpensier'). Where is this story from? Is it true?

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Before the Nazi invasion of Poland there was in Moscow a negotiation for an Anglo-French-Russian alliance against the Nazis. What do we know about it? Why did it fail? Why did the Russians invite Ribbentrop to Moscow while they were still negotiating with the British and the French?

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'You had to be a real rebel to paint landscapes in the Renaissance' because the Council of Trent banned all non-religious subjects.* Were really these the provisions of the Council of Trent about art? Were they applicable to the churches or everywhere?

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Are there differences between Roman just war theory and Medieval just war theory?

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Some Arab Muslim authors* impute to the Caliph Umar the destruction of the Library of Alexandria. What are the motivations behind the creation of this very late fabrication?

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Which states in the U.S.A. did not enact eugenics laws or programs?

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What was the religious composition of the Dutch Republic in 1581 at the time of the indipendence?

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"Slavery is right because is in the Bible." Was this in Medieval Europe the main argument used to justify the enslavement of people?

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Is this true?: "When the Spaniards first arrived in Mexico, natives bearing incense burners were assigned to accompany them wherever they went. The Spaniards thought it was a mark of divine honour. We know from native sources that they found the newcomers' smell unbearable."	5025	AskHistorians
Do we have any non Christian or not European source on witch trials in the Early Modern Europe? For example Muslim or Jewish sources, ambassadors, travellers or traders from other places...	1826	AskHistorians
I have read that during the siege of Paris in 1590 the people inside the city was so starving that eat bread made with bones of the dead (the so called 'pain de Madame de Montpensier'). Where is this story from? Is it true?	231	AskHistorians
Before the Nazi invasion of Poland there was in Moscow a negotiation for an Anglo-French-Russian alliance against the Nazis. What do we know about it? Why did it fail? Why did the Russians invite Ribbentrop to Moscow while they were still negotiating with the British and the French?	146	AskHistorians
'You had to be a real rebel to paint landscapes in the Renaissance' because the Council of Trent banned all non-religious subjects.* Were really these the provisions of the Council of Trent about art? Were they applicable to the churches or everywhere?	36	AskHistorians
Are there differences between Roman just war theory and Medieval just war theory?	19	AskHistorians
Some Arab Muslim authors* impute to the Caliph Umar the destruction of the Library of Alexandria. What are the motivations behind the creation of this very late fabrication?	14	AskHistorians
Which states in the U.S.A. did not enact eugenics laws or programs?	13	AskHistorians
What was the religious composition of the Dutch Republic in 1581 at the time of the indipendence?	9	AskHistorians
"Slavery is right because is in the Bible." Was this in Medieval Europe the main argument used to justify the enslavement of people?	8	AskHistorians