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How much truth is there to the idea of the Norman Yoke? Did the average English peasant experience a loss of freedoms post-Conquest?

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Is this remark about (Antipope) John XXIII by Gibbon a joke? NSFW

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Why did Serbia try to stop Slovenian secession?

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How were Jews treated within the Sasanian Empire?

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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reported omens of the Lindisfarne raid in the form of natural disasters such as winds, storms, and famines. Did other areas raided by Vikings report similar omens?

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Why were Italy so insistent on being given Fiume (Rijeka) at the Paris Peace Conference?

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Did the Vikings ethnically cleanse the Orkney Islands?

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In 1993, The Simpsons had an episode "Duffless" which (lightly) mocked Richard Nixon, who was then still alive. Was this controversial?

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The Golden Apple and the Judgement of Paris: Ares or Eris?

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In "The Making of the English Working Class", EP Thompson says that shoemakers were particularly prominent in both English Jacobin societies and in the French Revolution. (Why) were shoemakers particularly radical?

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How much truth is there to the idea of the Norman Yoke? Did the average English peasant experience a loss of freedoms post-Conquest?	29
Is this remark about (Antipope) John XXIII by Gibbon a joke? NSFW	27
Why did Serbia try to stop Slovenian secession?	24
How were Jews treated within the Sasanian Empire?	23
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reported omens of the Lindisfarne raid in the form of natural disasters such as winds, storms, and famines. Did other areas raided by Vikings report similar omens?	22
Why were Italy so insistent on being given Fiume (Rijeka) at the Paris Peace Conference?	18
Did the Vikings ethnically cleanse the Orkney Islands?	17
In 1993, The Simpsons had an episode "Duffless" which (lightly) mocked Richard Nixon, who was then still alive. Was this controversial?	14
The Golden Apple and the Judgement of Paris: Ares or Eris?	14
In "The Making of the English Working Class", EP Thompson says that shoemakers were particularly prominent in both English Jacobin societies and in the French Revolution. (Why) were shoemakers particularly radical?	13