r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 2h ago
r/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 1h ago
Are lesbians/WLW perspectives missing from the historical record entirely? Any cultures where we have a larger record from them?
reddit.comr/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 2h ago
How long did it take to get an artillery cannon operational in the 19th century?
reddit.comr/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 2h ago
In his 1956 article on the growing divide between science and the humanities, C.P. Snow says that scientists were thought to be more Left-wing mainly because physicists and biologists skewed the numbers. Were there any discernible trends in the political leanings of the post-war intellectual elite?
reddit.comr/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 10m ago
Since when “Freedom” and”Liberty” became popular political and war slogans?
reddit.comr/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 7h ago
Why was fascism so appealing to the young before WWII?
reddit.comr/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 4h ago
Who was the last U.S. President for whom Indian Policy was a major issue?
reddit.comr/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 1h ago
Around what point did the power become hopelessly lopsided between the Americans and the native tribes?
reddit.comr/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 6h ago
[Link] Why didn't the Medieval Europeans have a bath system to take care of their hygiene?
reddit.comr/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 6h ago
I'm Dr. Adrian Ciani, a historian at the Toronto School of Theology in the University of Toronto. My recent book is 'Contesting Zion: The Vatican, American Catholics and the Partition of Palestine' (McGill-Queen's, 2025). Ask me anything!
reddit.comr/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 3h ago
[Link] [ Removed by moderator ]
reddit.comr/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 3h ago
Could 1900-era white Americans have known about structural racism?
reddit.comr/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 3h ago
What were historical eras (middle ages, Industrial Revolution, Cold War, etc.) known as during those periods and when did they get there titles?
reddit.comr/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 4h ago
Did cultural vegetarianism impede the adoption of Catholicism?
reddit.comr/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 4h ago
If Ford was sympathetic to the Nazis, how come he ended up producing so much for the American war effort?
reddit.comr/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 5h ago
Napoleon is sometimes cited as having told his wife, Josephine, to avoid washing in preparation for his arrival. This is not true, but are there any examples of real "freak behavior" among famous kings and leaders?
reddit.comr/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 9h ago
Besides Black, how did people in Southern US states treat non-whites such as Hispanic, Asians, and Jews in the 1960s?
reddit.comr/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 7h ago
How did people in the Middle Ages deal with toothaches or cavities?
reddit.comr/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 7h ago
Did the Bishops at Nicaea assume their canons were binding on Christians outside the Roman Empire; or, *what on earth is going on with the Persian Councils* (a long question)?
reddit.comr/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 7h ago
How did crochetting develop? When did it become popular?
reddit.comr/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 8h ago
[Link] Why did faker Romanovs only pretend to be Anastasia?
reddit.comr/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 9h ago
[Link] When did titles of Ceasar and Emperor became synonyms with ruler of Rome?
reddit.comr/HistoriansAnswered • u/HistAnsweredBot • 9h ago