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"Small mercenary armies" is a popular trope when describing European warfare from like, the Renaissance to the beginning of the French Revolution. What were the guts of those systems?

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Was Julius Caesar special, or was he just the Roman adventurer de jure when the constitutional music stopped?

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Historiography of the Holy Roman Empire--one reads about hopeless disorganization and decentralization, but never federalism--why?

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What were relations like between Ireland and the UK between 1922 and 1946?

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What's the history of the outlandishly foppish American pimp?

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If the Peace of Westphalia established a new way of doing business between European states, what was it replacing?

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What about the Spanish colonial experience made caudillos so widespread in successor states?

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How did Haka propagate to national expression in New Zealand, and how did the racial politics of NZ interact with that?

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"The White House Plumbers" has a scene wherein G Gordon Liddy knows that burglar James McCord's false identity won't hold, as his fingerprints are on file. How did you query a fingerprint database in 1972, and how quickly could you do it?

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How much did dynastic politics serve to internationalize the Thirty Years War?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
"Small mercenary armies" is a popular trope when describing European warfare from like, the Renaissance to the beginning of the French Revolution. What were the guts of those systems?	162
Was Julius Caesar special, or was he just the Roman adventurer de jure when the constitutional music stopped?	38
Historiography of the Holy Roman Empire--one reads about hopeless disorganization and decentralization, but never federalism--why?	35
What were relations like between Ireland and the UK between 1922 and 1946?	20
What's the history of the outlandishly foppish American pimp?	12
If the Peace of Westphalia established a new way of doing business between European states, what was it replacing?	12
What about the Spanish colonial experience made caudillos so widespread in successor states?	12
How did Haka propagate to national expression in New Zealand, and how did the racial politics of NZ interact with that?	11
"The White House Plumbers" has a scene wherein G Gordon Liddy knows that burglar James McCord's false identity won't hold, as his fingerprints are on file. How did you query a fingerprint database in 1972, and how quickly could you do it?	10
How much did dynastic politics serve to internationalize the Thirty Years War?	8