Joseph Quinsey

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 revised On the interpretation of the Carolingian Empire in terms of a “translatio imperii”
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 revised How did the gold of the new world cause the Spanish Empire to collapse?
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Two typos, in a very good answer
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Feb
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 comment Horace Walpole on Richard III
The third, "Could it be that no professional historians noticed [Walpole's] well-known book for ~250 years?" is puzzling. Josephine Tey notes Walpole in her The Daughter of Time, a book which was much discussed in the 1950's (although perhaps not by professional historians).
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 reviewed No Action Needed Why does Europe have so few skyscrapers compared to East Asia?
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 reviewed Reviewed Why did Canada, Australia and New Zealand separate from UK?
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 reviewed No Action Needed Did the Chinese Develop Steam Engines Prior to the 17th Century?
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 reviewed No Action Needed Song school vs. Han school of Confucian thought in the Qing dynasty
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 reviewed No Action Needed Did the Chinese Develop Steam Engines Prior to the 17th Century?
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 reviewed Satisfactory Early medieval urban development
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 reviewed Satisfactory Absolute rulers who voluntarily resigned their power
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 reviewed Satisfactory Toyotomi Hideyoshi threatened to exterminate all Japanese foxes unless he heard from the god Inari. What was the aftermath (if any)?
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 reviewed Needs Improvement What is the origin of the “wheat and chessboard” legend?
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 reviewed Needs Improvement Can the University of Bologna be considered the first university in the world?
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 reviewed Excellent Chinese Hundred Schools of Thought and Ancient Greek Philosophy
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