/u/thegeorgianwelshman's posts in /r/AskHistorians
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Help me understand Admiral Lord Nelson's gesture of raising his telescope to his dead eye during the Battle of Copenhagen?
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What are some good sources to help me---a dilettante--- understand the historical context of modern-day Afghanistan?
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How frequent would it be for people in medieval England to witness stabbings or slashings or homicidal violence?
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To what degree did the child actors who "berattle the common stages"---as they are bemoaned to do in HAMLET---and really ruin the drama industry in medieval Denmark?
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None of the Grooms of the Chamber serving Elizabeth I were dignified by a "Sir" in their titles, while all, or nearly all, of those serving James I were; what is the reason for this distinction?
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How did Edward VII "embarrass Mary and reduce them both to tears" at a reunion at Christmas in 1550?
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