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You know Carson in Downton Abbey. in England a century ago were butlers & domestic servants in general known for been more than usually (usually for working class people) rightwing, reactionary or snobbish?
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Aside from what counted as acceptable clothing how would the expected Japanese Imperial court etiquette of 1828 (sometime before the Meiji Restoration) be different from that of 1928 (sometime after the Meiji Restoration)?
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When did societies in Europe (or Europe's colonies?) start requiring that professional Engineers must have at least some theoretical understanding of the mathematics and science underpinning what they do?
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A tour guide at Stafford Castle once told me that when Edward III created the Order of the Garter he was at least in part inspired by & trying to emulate King Arthur's "the Knights of the round table". Is there any truth to that?
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I once saw a Newcastle comedian (I forget who) complian about the how southerners mistake his accent for Scottish when historically his people would have been on the front line against Scotland. did how close to the border you lived have any bearing on if you took part in wars with the Scottish?
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Was Roman Emperor Elagabalus a transsexual? Or did the elites in Rome invent that reputation to tarnish him?
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In medieval Europe how common/uncommon was it for peasants to kill small animals (birds, rodents, stray cats/dogs, etc) to get extra meat?
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In school I was told that in 1700s most English small tenant farmers were turned off their old plots so the gentry could manage agriculture directly with modern methods. How come the farm land I see around me today seems to be owned and run by middle class people, rather than poor tenants or gentry?
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