/u/screwyoushadowban's posts

Title	Upvotes	Subreddit
20th century film and TV often used Warsaw Pact weapons (AK47/AKM, SVD, Tokarev) as a visual shorthand for "bad guy". Were there weapons or clothing that signaled "bad guy" in medieval and early Renaissance manuscript art?	82	AskHistorians
To what degree did Irish republicans of the late 19th/early 20th century identify with the anti-colonial struggles of other subject peoples? How did these attitudes influence post-independence sentiment and foreign policy?	81	AskHistorians
When I look up the history of Mongol women in the era of Genghis Khan and his sons/grandsons I find information on Mongol queens and princesses. How did the other 99.9% of Mongol women live?	81	AskHistorians
When did the House of Lords stop being the House of Warlords? I.e. at what point did government centralization and political culture make it unthinkable that a British magnate could seriously pose a threat to central authority via violent means for personal gain?	80	AskHistorians
Both antebellum slave-owners and their post-American Civil War sympathizers, or at least a lot of them, seem to have this odd delusion that slaves would be loyal to the families that enslaved them. Where'd this come from?	79	AskHistorians
State-run military brothels existed in metropolitan France until the 1970s and in colonial territory until 1995. How aware was the general public of these institutions from the 1970s to 1995? What was the opinion/attitude toward state support of prostitution, as well as prostitution in general?	79	AskHistorians
Today about a third of land in the UK is believed to still be owned by the traditional aristocracy. Is this value higher or lower than the late 19th century? Has there been a general trend in peerage land ownership rates or is it highly variable?	78	AskHistorians
How/why did the Italian far-right/neo-fascists fall in love with J.R.R. Tolkien in the 1970s? What's the history of Tolkien's reception amongst the continental European far-right more broadly?	75	AskHistorians
Arab tribal genealogical affiliation is a major component of social identity in many places outside of Arabia (mainly Africa). How common were "invented pedigrees/ties" to Arab ancestors in the Early Modern Period in Northern/Central Africa?	71	AskHistorians
"It's a Wonderful Life" film director Frank Capra supposedly said in 1946 that one motivation for making the Christmas film was "to combat a modern trend toward atheism". What "trend toward atheism" would he have perceived in 1940s America?	70	AskHistorians

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