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CW: the wikipedia page for schizophrenia’s predecessor diagnosis, “dementia praecox,” displays a horrifying image of a woman in a French asylum with her diagnosis literally scratched into her back. Was this a practice??

414 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Did Byzantine Romans consider their western, “Latin” neighbors to be Roman as well?

378 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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If the original language of the Bible wasn’t Latin, why was there so much hubbub about translating the Bible into vernacular?

147 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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The Jews of early modern Venice were confined to a walled section of the city containing a foundry - a ghèto. Was this foundry active at the time? Did it cause negative health effects?

118 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How were children with learning disabilities/other special needs treated in the Soviet Union? In general, have socialist countries had special education programs?

65 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Athenians used the lot (i.e. random selection) as a part of their selection mechanisms for government positions. Has the lot been used in other places and times?

61 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How mutually intelligible were the languages of the different germanic “barbarians” that “invaded” Rome? Was multilingualism present?

55 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Greeks had been settled in southern Italy and Sicily for so long that the romans called the territory “Magna Graecia.” Yet by the time of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily, the Greeks seem to be a tiny minority. Where did they all go?

42 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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The British communist and historian Victor Kiernan claims that in Tsarist Russia in the 19th century, “the rich flogged the poor with knouts but addressed them as ‘brothers.’” What does he mean?

38 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Did Muslim knights joust in Al-Andalus? Did they ever joust in tournaments with Christian chivalry?

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CW: the wikipedia page for schizophrenia’s predecessor diagnosis, “dementia praecox,” displays a horrifying image of a woman in a French asylum with her diagnosis literally scratched into her back. Was this a practice??	414	AskHistorians
Did Byzantine Romans consider their western, “Latin” neighbors to be Roman as well?	378	AskHistorians
If the original language of the Bible wasn’t Latin, why was there so much hubbub about translating the Bible into vernacular?	147	AskHistorians
The Jews of early modern Venice were confined to a walled section of the city containing a foundry - a ghèto. Was this foundry active at the time? Did it cause negative health effects?	118	AskHistorians
How were children with learning disabilities/other special needs treated in the Soviet Union? In general, have socialist countries had special education programs?	65	AskHistorians
Athenians used the lot (i.e. random selection) as a part of their selection mechanisms for government positions. Has the lot been used in other places and times?	61	AskHistorians
How mutually intelligible were the languages of the different germanic “barbarians” that “invaded” Rome? Was multilingualism present?	55	AskHistorians
Greeks had been settled in southern Italy and Sicily for so long that the romans called the territory “Magna Graecia.” Yet by the time of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily, the Greeks seem to be a tiny minority. Where did they all go?	42	AskHistorians
The British communist and historian Victor Kiernan claims that in Tsarist Russia in the 19th century, “the rich flogged the poor with knouts but addressed them as ‘brothers.’” What does he mean?	38	AskHistorians
Did Muslim knights joust in Al-Andalus? Did they ever joust in tournaments with Christian chivalry?	35	AskHistorians