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28 Questions

How was the linen weaving trade learnt in 18th century Scotland?

To what extent did the medieval European peasantry know their extended family?

How and when did the surname “Apibus” become “de Apapis”?

Kissing in early Icelandic law

Are a fief and a vassal state the same thing?

Why did people have so many children in Victorian times?

Did any contemporary sources write about Jesus?

Were/are the Gaels, Picts and Britons physically distinct?

Fat jokes in ancient Greek comedies

How would a Spartan have held his shield?

Was Celtic society promiscuous?

Why was Ormond Castle in Scotland so called?

What kind of occupation was a “piper”? [closed]

Are there any contemporary references to the Battle of Badr outside of the Qur'an?

What do we currently know about the ethnic origins of Jews? [closed]

What were medieval, Viking-Era, Scandinavian laws regarding rape?

Where is or was the place called Apapis?

What was life like for Victorian linen weavers in Scotland?

Was Greece the only thing stopping a Persian invasion of Europe?

How did former slaves typically acquire a surname?

What were levels of insular migration like in pre-Industrial Britain (1650-1780)?

What were the founding fathers' views on Native Americans? [closed]

Do we know how much alcohol Vikings drank?

Did early northern Europeans drink alcohol?

Was there significant interbreeding between Romans and Native Britons?

Is living at home into adulthood a modern phenomenon?

What was life like for an adult Victorian chimney sweep?

How did the stigmatisation of nationalism begin?