/u/screwyoushadowban's posts
Did medieval European peasants and petty merchants believe that the various types of courts they might be subject to were just? Did they think they'd get "a fair day in court" or did they expect courts to always favor nobles/wealthy merchants?
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What did the "mental map" of the world look like for Parthian and Sasanian Persia? Was the Iranian plateau at the center of the world? If not, where? Was far western Europe distant but knowable, or was it inherent inaccessible and mysterious?
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How, if at all, did contact with the West influence 19th and 20th century historiography in East Asia (esp. Korea, Qing and post-Revolution China, Japan)? What independent schools of formal historical study existed in these places before extensive Western contact? And are they still relevant today?
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What would have been considered the "de rigeur" reading list for someone involved in military affairs or strategy in 19th century Europe? How would it have differed from an American officer?
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How should I imagine life in the Teutonic crusader state in the 14th century? Pop history coverage is almost solely concerned with its military history.
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Was the Spanish Catholic Requerimiento to indigenous Americans inspired at all by the Islamic military & literary tradition of ultimatums before conflict with non-Muslims? Was the Requerimiento Catholic Jihad?
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Was there an gendered aspect to early modern European and colonial American fears of "turning Turk" and "going Native"? Was there particular paranoia about women in particular adopting the customs of "alien" peoples?
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What's it like doing archaeology or history in China, especially as a foreigner? What special challenges, if any, are presented by the Party?
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How visible (and audible) was women's public life in the central to eastern Mediterranean and nearby inland areas in the early modern period, especially among elite and/or urban women?
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