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Dec
23
comment What happened to the Imperial Byzantine Family after the collapse of the empire?
Later sultans did claim the right either to nominate the Ecumenical Patriarch or at least to ratify his election, a power of the Eastern Roman Emperor. The Republic of Turkey still places conditions on who that person might be, such as requiring him to have been born in Turkey.
Dec
18
comment Was it ever illegal for two people of different religions to marry in the UK?
The civil laws prohibited a Catholic priest conducting a marriage between a Catholic and a Protestant across the whole of Ireland. But an Anglican priest could conduct such a marriage. So such marriages were legal. The problem was whether the Catholic church would then regard such marriages as valid.
Oct
11
comment Evolution of the names of slaves
There was a substantial difference in the cultural disruptions associated with chattel slavery from Africa and with indentured labour from India.