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How important was military prowess (personal combat skill, generalship, battle experience...) for kings and senior nobles in medieval Western Europe? How did this change over time?

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I once read in a children's history book that 18th-century military commanders from opposing sides would meet each other before a battle (similar to team captains shaking hands before a sports match). Is there any truth to this?

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Apparently Francis Fukuyama has held up Denmark (along with England and Japan) as an early example of a coherent, stable nation-state. Was Denmark really anything special in this regard?

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Some questions about soldiers using cigarettes as currency (as seen in All Quiet on the Western Front, Homage to Catalonia, etc.)

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Are there any examples of long-serving (say, 15+ years) democratic political leaders who were still popular when they left office?

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How important is "Homage to Catalonia" as a primary source? Are there things about the Spanish Civil War that we know only (or mostly) because Orwell wrote them down?

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From a strategic/geopolitical perspective, what purpose did U.S. involvement in the Second Indochina War serve?

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Before the 1960s, were there ever large-scale anti-war protests in countries that weren't involved in the war in question?

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Is it true there was a "reawakening" of orthodox Islam among European Muslims in the 1990s? What are some good books on the subject?

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In Europe, and particularly in Germany, when and why did nationalism change from a left-wing to a right-wing idea?

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How important was military prowess (personal combat skill, generalship, battle experience...) for kings and senior nobles in medieval Western Europe? How did this change over time?	2
I once read in a children's history book that 18th-century military commanders from opposing sides would meet each other before a battle (similar to team captains shaking hands before a sports match). Is there any truth to this?	2
Apparently Francis Fukuyama has held up Denmark (along with England and Japan) as an early example of a coherent, stable nation-state. Was Denmark really anything special in this regard?	2
Some questions about soldiers using cigarettes as currency (as seen in All Quiet on the Western Front, Homage to Catalonia, etc.)	1
Are there any examples of long-serving (say, 15+ years) democratic political leaders who were still popular when they left office?	1
How important is "Homage to Catalonia" as a primary source? Are there things about the Spanish Civil War that we know only (or mostly) because Orwell wrote them down?	1
From a strategic/geopolitical perspective, what purpose did U.S. involvement in the Second Indochina War serve?	1
Before the 1960s, were there ever large-scale anti-war protests in countries that weren't involved in the war in question?	1
Is it true there was a "reawakening" of orthodox Islam among European Muslims in the 1990s? What are some good books on the subject?	1
In Europe, and particularly in Germany, when and why did nationalism change from a left-wing to a right-wing idea?	1