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This 1882 cartoon seems to depict "The Chinese Must Go" as a sentiment common to Irish-Americans. Did the Irish have a particular vendetta against the Chinese in 19th-century America?

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The classic image of a "witch hunt" in the English-speaking world - enraged mobs, absurd evidence, torture, burning etc. - is an Early Modern one. So why do we think of it as "medieval"?

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There are two "United States" in North America. Did Mexico have the same struggles over federalism / states' rights as their northern neighbour?

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Did the Stuarts actually have such long faces, or was this a trend in portraiture?

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What was the actual economic system of Revolutionary Catalonia?

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What was Manchu material culture like before their conquest of China? How did it compare to that of the Mongols?

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During the Migration Period, how was Britain Germanicized, and Gaul not?

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During the worst phases of the Black Death in Europe, how well did the church keep up with death rites? Did everyone in, say, Florence receive a Catholic burial?

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How Celtic were the Britons of Roman Britannia before the Saxons arrived? Did they still all speak Brittonic, or was there a Romance language also spoken there?

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When the term has been used, have the British ever not fought for the "Allies"? Why did this term become so ubiquitous?

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This 1882 cartoon seems to depict "The Chinese Must Go" as a sentiment common to Irish-Americans. Did the Irish have a particular vendetta against the Chinese in 19th-century America?	43
The classic image of a "witch hunt" in the English-speaking world - enraged mobs, absurd evidence, torture, burning etc. - is an Early Modern one. So why do we think of it as "medieval"?	29
There are two "United States" in North America. Did Mexico have the same struggles over federalism / states' rights as their northern neighbour?	27
Did the Stuarts actually have such long faces, or was this a trend in portraiture?	19
What was the actual economic system of Revolutionary Catalonia?	18
What was Manchu material culture like before their conquest of China? How did it compare to that of the Mongols?	14
During the Migration Period, how was Britain Germanicized, and Gaul not?	11
During the worst phases of the Black Death in Europe, how well did the church keep up with death rites? Did everyone in, say, Florence receive a Catholic burial?	10
How Celtic were the Britons of Roman Britannia before the Saxons arrived? Did they still all speak Brittonic, or was there a Romance language also spoken there?	9
When the term has been used, have the British ever not fought for the "Allies"? Why did this term become so ubiquitous?	9