/u/vertexoflife's posts in /r/askhistorians
27 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list
Someone asked a question I can't answer: "I was told the Victorians had a prohibition against religious profanity [e.g. god damn]...the justification for the taboo was they thought the profanity could actually physically hurt God. How did they come up with that?"
26 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list
Did British conceptions of sexuality, gender and gender roles spread through colonial governments? If so, how?
25 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list
Are signatures to League of Nations Treaties, such as the Convention for the Suppression of the Circulation of and Traffic in Obscene Publications still valid and legally binding?
25 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list
24 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list
24 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list
What sort of text documents were used in the Salem Witch Trials to determine if an accused was a witch? Would they use texts like the Malleus Maleficarum?
24 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list
Some american states used intelligence tests to determine whether colored people should be sterilized. Was there any controversy around this practice?
24 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list
23 upvotes
Mark as read: Add to a list