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Is there any truth to the claim that Medieval people, at some point, believed most baptized Church-members would end up in Purgatory and have to live out a temporary punishment when they died?

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Why didn't the Ancient Greeks ever use Full Friggin' Plate like the heavily mounted European knights that would arise later? Or did they?

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Which deity was most widely worshiped in Italy during the Roman Empire, and why?

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There's a lot of confusion and debate today about the Trinity (e.g., three 'persons,' one 'being,' what 'persons' and 'being' mean) today. Did a similar confusion exist Reccared I's Hispania?

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In the countryside around Valencia in 1200, what were the villages primarily producing and why?

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What were the taboos in Merovingian France that were at the level of the taboos of racism, pedophilia, assaulting disabled people and disrespect of armed forces in modern America? NSFW

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Was the Iliad oral tradition ever taught in almost every household in any city-state at any point in pre-Hellenistic Greece, -sort- of like the Bible?

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In the year 1100, what major areas of "Wilderness" (beyond cultivated lands) existed in Western Europe, besides mountains and deserts? Why weren't they settled yet?

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What was the population of Byzantine Jerusalem at the time of the Sasanian conquest of Jerusalem (in 614 AD)?

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Did Medieval Ethiopia have a Manorial system resembling the post-Roman Manorial serf/nobility-based system often present in Medieval France, England and Spain?

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Is there any truth to the claim that Medieval people, at some point, believed most baptized Church-members would end up in Purgatory and have to live out a temporary punishment when they died?	9	AskHistorians
Why didn't the Ancient Greeks ever use Full Friggin' Plate like the heavily mounted European knights that would arise later? Or did they?	8	AskHistorians
Which deity was most widely worshiped in Italy during the Roman Empire, and why?	7	AskHistorians
There's a lot of confusion and debate today about the Trinity (e.g., three 'persons,' one 'being,' what 'persons' and 'being' mean) today. Did a similar confusion exist Reccared I's Hispania?	7	AskHistorians
In the countryside around Valencia in 1200, what were the villages primarily producing and why?	7	AskHistorians
What were the taboos in Merovingian France that were at the level of the taboos of racism, pedophilia, assaulting disabled people and disrespect of armed forces in modern America? NSFW	7	AskHistorians
Was the Iliad oral tradition ever taught in almost every household in any city-state at any point in pre-Hellenistic Greece, -sort- of like the Bible?	7	AskHistorians
In the year 1100, what major areas of "Wilderness" (beyond cultivated lands) existed in Western Europe, besides mountains and deserts? Why weren't they settled yet?	6	AskHistorians
What was the population of Byzantine Jerusalem at the time of the Sasanian conquest of Jerusalem (in 614 AD)?	6	AskHistorians
Did Medieval Ethiopia have a Manorial system resembling the post-Roman Manorial serf/nobility-based system often present in Medieval France, England and Spain?	6	AskHistorians