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Was formal feuding reserved for nobility in the Holy Roman Empire or could a burgher or a peasant write (or ask someone literate to write them) an Abklag and start attacking someone else's friends/family/assets?

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Between the collapse of Roman Britain and the Christianization of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, is there any archaeological evidence of the survival of Christianity as a folk religion or of crypto-Christians living amongst pagans?

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Is the criterion of embarrassment - the idea that embarrassing details are probably real else they wouldn't be included - something in History used outside of biblical studies? If so, why haven't I seen it applied to Western treatments of early Islamic history?

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Given how an education in the classics was standard for education until modern times, did Greco-Roman views on barbarians color or influence how Europeans viewed and dealt with Native Americans?

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Were non-Muslim minorities involved in the Ottoman and pre-Ottoman Mediterranean slave trade inside Islamic empires/polities?

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If any historical pandemic were to make a comeback, which would be most devastating?

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Given how later Chinese dynasties relied heavily on and were heavily comprised of members of the scholar-gentry, were any of the reform movements, political parties or reformist figures anti-intellectual?

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What would happen if a human ate a gorilla-esque diet (really low calorie density, high fiber)?

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In Joe Abercrombie's newest novel, steam engines are being used to pump water out of mines alongside bombard-type cannons that burst after 2-3 shots. Historically, how important were advances in metallurgy to the development of the steam engine?

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Outside of plague doctors stuffing their beaks with herbs, were perfumes believed to have prophylactic ability? That is, in Antiquity, the Middle Ages or the Early Modern period, did people applying perfumes to themselves believe that they were warding against disease?

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Was formal feuding reserved for nobility in the Holy Roman Empire or could a burgher or a peasant write (or ask someone literate to write them) an Abklag and start attacking someone else's friends/family/assets?	8	AskHistorians
Between the collapse of Roman Britain and the Christianization of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, is there any archaeological evidence of the survival of Christianity as a folk religion or of crypto-Christians living amongst pagans?	8	AskHistorians
Is the criterion of embarrassment - the idea that embarrassing details are probably real else they wouldn't be included - something in History used outside of biblical studies? If so, why haven't I seen it applied to Western treatments of early Islamic history?	8	AskHistorians
Given how an education in the classics was standard for education until modern times, did Greco-Roman views on barbarians color or influence how Europeans viewed and dealt with Native Americans?	8	AskHistorians
Were non-Muslim minorities involved in the Ottoman and pre-Ottoman Mediterranean slave trade inside Islamic empires/polities?	7	AskHistorians
If any historical pandemic were to make a comeback, which would be most devastating?	7	askscience
Given how later Chinese dynasties relied heavily on and were heavily comprised of members of the scholar-gentry, were any of the reform movements, political parties or reformist figures anti-intellectual?	7	AskHistorians
What would happen if a human ate a gorilla-esque diet (really low calorie density, high fiber)?	7	askscience
In Joe Abercrombie's newest novel, steam engines are being used to pump water out of mines alongside bombard-type cannons that burst after 2-3 shots. Historically, how important were advances in metallurgy to the development of the steam engine?	7	AskHistorians
Outside of plague doctors stuffing their beaks with herbs, were perfumes believed to have prophylactic ability? That is, in Antiquity, the Middle Ages or the Early Modern period, did people applying perfumes to themselves believe that they were warding against disease?	7	AskHistorians