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Did any Roman senatorial aristocratic families survive into the Carolingian period and later/ how many aristocratic families in Southern France and Italy in, say, the 11th century would have been directly descended from ancient Roman noble families?

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I'm a nobleman in France in 1793, in the midst of the terror. Assuming that I give up my titles, profess loyalty to the ideas of the revolution, don't get entangled in politics and generally keep a low profile, will my chances of survival if I stay in the country be decent?

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Why is the Cathar heresy so uniquely controversial?

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When did the worship of the Olympian gods, or more broadly the Graeco-Roman pantheon, end in Western Europe?

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What would Henry VIII and other people in early sixteenth century England have known about Cortes and the conquest of the Aztec Empire?

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How did the Muslim world react to the European discovery of the Americas?

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Before the eighteenth century, did anyone believe that technology 100+ in the future would be majorly different to the technology they had at present, or is the idea of human history as stages of technological progress largely a product of the enlightenment and the industrial revolution?

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Why were there no Jews in England until after the Norman Conquest?

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How much did people in the Ottoman Empire know about the Americas in the 16th century?

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How long did it take for the last Roman villas to be abandoned in post-Roman Gaul, what sort of factors led to them being abandoned and what were Merovingian and Carolingian aristocratic residences like?

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Did any Roman senatorial aristocratic families survive into the Carolingian period and later/ how many aristocratic families in Southern France and Italy in, say, the 11th century would have been directly descended from ancient Roman noble families?	389
I'm a nobleman in France in 1793, in the midst of the terror. Assuming that I give up my titles, profess loyalty to the ideas of the revolution, don't get entangled in politics and generally keep a low profile, will my chances of survival if I stay in the country be decent?	129
Why is the Cathar heresy so uniquely controversial?	100
When did the worship of the Olympian gods, or more broadly the Graeco-Roman pantheon, end in Western Europe?	83
What would Henry VIII and other people in early sixteenth century England have known about Cortes and the conquest of the Aztec Empire?	42
How did the Muslim world react to the European discovery of the Americas?	40
Before the eighteenth century, did anyone believe that technology 100+ in the future would be majorly different to the technology they had at present, or is the idea of human history as stages of technological progress largely a product of the enlightenment and the industrial revolution?	36
Why were there no Jews in England until after the Norman Conquest?	30
How much did people in the Ottoman Empire know about the Americas in the 16th century?	17
How long did it take for the last Roman villas to be abandoned in post-Roman Gaul, what sort of factors led to them being abandoned and what were Merovingian and Carolingian aristocratic residences like?	13