Unanswered Questions
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Is there evidence for the use of the solenarion in late Medieval Ethiopia?
Shihab al-Umari, an Arab historian of the 14th century, wrote much of what's know of Emperor of Ethiopia Amda Seyon I campaigns against the Muslim States, namely Awfat, Dawaru, Arababni, Hadya, ...
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Where can I find a historic recipe for red cherry-onion jam?
A while back, I had duck with red cherry-onion jam at a medieval restaurant. Allegedly, it was a historic recipe, originally prepared in 1445 for the wedding of one of René d’Anjou’s daughters.
As for ...
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Did the British Queen raise young women of humble lineage to serve her?
The House of the Portuguese Queens in the 13th and 14th century could be described more or less as the following:
high social class
- donas or ladies-in-waiting (widows or women married to important ...
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Are there 15th or 16th century English sources that exemplify Empress Matilda as an impediment to having a Queen Regnant?
I'm reading Alison Weir's 'Elizabeth of York', and she makes claims as to why Elizabeth of York couldn't succeed to the throne after Richard III which are not supported by evidence. Legally, there ...
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Do these depictions of hunt in medieval Catholic churches have the same symbolic meaning? If not, what is it?
I have come across 3 depictions of a hunt in Catholic churches.
The first two are tiles that were on the floors of an English abbey and a church not far from Reims, France; I could not find any ...
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How prevalent was premarital sex in Late Medieval Christendom?
A few months, I very much enjoyed a playthrough of the video game Kingdom Come: Deliverance, which is set within the borders of what was then the Kingdom of Bohemia during the Western Schism (1378 - ...
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Are there any sources supporting the claim that Jews were less affected by epidemics?
There is a common thread that Jews historically suffered less from epidemics because of Jewish ritual requirements of cleanliness.
E.g., Wikipedia - Perceived Jewish immunity has 3 weakly supporting ...
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How was law enforcement handled in medieval China before professional police?
This question came from:
How was law enforcement handled in large US cities before professional police?
China (Zhōng Gúo 中国) has had very large cities with more than a million people since the early ...
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What was the average tooth to tail ratio of medieval armies
The tooth to tail ratio is the ratio between the fighting force (tooth) and the non-fighting force in an army. In other words, how many non-combatants directly supported and supplied an army.
I'm ...
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What's the source that Henry IV was the first post-Norman conquest monarch to speak English as their first language?
Okay; the oft-cited fact that "Henry IV was the first English monarch after 1066 whose first language was English".
Now, while I have no doubt it was, what I find puzzling about this is that ...
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What is the source for the Middle age tale, "Falling off a church and surviving by falling on someone"?
I'm looking for the original story of a tale I've been told years ago back in high school by my history teacher.
A worker in France was working on a church and lost his balance and fell. He landed on ...
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Percentage of helmet owners in 15th century Europe
There already is a similar question, but it has been closed as unclear. I will attempt to post a clear question instead.
Time : 15th century
Country: medieval Europe excluding Eastern Roman
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Housing Materials, Structure and Style in the late Middle Ages in Germany
So my friend and I are coming to develop an Age of Empires-esque game set in the late Middle Ages. Like any good developers we're doing our research first and we've come up with some issues. When ...
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When a wattle-and-daub construction was demolished, how did they recycle or dispose of the materials?
In the medieval age, when a wattle-and-daub building had to be demolished, did they recycle the materials? Especially the logs of the frames, these seem to be prime targets for reuse.
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How much iron ore could a medieval miner extract per day?
I am finding really hard to find an answer to this question. There are some numbers available online, but first of all the numbers range quite a lot from different sources, then they are given for a ...
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