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What made Knights different from 'Royal' Knights?

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How did Napoleon choose and assess the 7 greatest Generals in history?

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Did Norman-Viking mercenaries ever live in Constantinople?

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Hi, what was the difference between Knights and Men at Arms? And why were Knights awarded Golden Spurs?

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Was Quintus Sertorius as effective a General as his contemporaries and rivals made him out to be? If so, what made him so impossibly dangerous to the Roman Republic?

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How and why did so many Italian and German knights flock to Sicily during the reign of Frederick II?

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In the Northman, Alexander Skarsgard plays Amleth the Bear Wolf, a renowned Viking Berserker. How much do we know about the Berserkers? And how would they be used by Norse Armies?

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How assimilated into the Carolingian Empire were the Lombards during the 9th century, and during the later Holy Roman Empire?

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What was life like for a Carolingian Knight/Cavalryman?

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Italian ancestry among the soldiers of the Roman Empire?

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What made Knights different from 'Royal' Knights?	13
How did Napoleon choose and assess the 7 greatest Generals in history?	13
Did Norman-Viking mercenaries ever live in Constantinople?	13
Hi, what was the difference between Knights and Men at Arms? And why were Knights awarded Golden Spurs?	13
Was Quintus Sertorius as effective a General as his contemporaries and rivals made him out to be? If so, what made him so impossibly dangerous to the Roman Republic?	12
How and why did so many Italian and German knights flock to Sicily during the reign of Frederick II?	12
In the Northman, Alexander Skarsgard plays Amleth the Bear Wolf, a renowned Viking Berserker. How much do we know about the Berserkers? And how would they be used by Norse Armies?	10
How assimilated into the Carolingian Empire were the Lombards during the 9th century, and during the later Holy Roman Empire?	10
What was life like for a Carolingian Knight/Cavalryman?	10
Italian ancestry among the soldiers of the Roman Empire?	9