Questions tagged [europe]
It is the second smallest continent, forming the Western extension of Eurasia.
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Why was William Tyndale executed but nothing happened to Miles Coverdale? [closed]
Why was William Tyndale executed but Miles Coverdale was not?
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What is a quarter in 19th-century England converted to contemporary pints?
Note: I do have an analogous post up on the mathematics stack exchange here
Copy-Pasted from there: "I've been going through and writing up solutions for Euler's Elements of Algebra Practice ...
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How long did the 19th century Europe Grand Tour take?
I’m writing a story set it 1815 and I want it to be as close as possible to history.
I know the countries that were visited and the routes they took, but I will love to know how much time it took ...
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How did Vauban develop his parallel siege technique first used during the 1673 siege of Maastricht?
During the second to last siege before Maastricht Vauban directed the 1672 siege of Orsoy, where he used what had been the long standing zigzag of the trenches to approach the city (lower right of the ...
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What would military spies in 17th century Europe be looking for inside a city, before a siege?
In the article Een officier en een gentleman: Willem Norwood en het beleg van Maastricht, (An Officer and a Gentleman: William Norwood and the siege of Maastricht), on page 7 it mentions concern about ...
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What determined which defensive structures were built and where they were located for 17th European century cities?
Using this 1675 map of Maaseik, Belgium, for example, there are hornworks, bastions, and ravelins at specific locations around the outer wall of the city. What determines why certain structures are ...
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What were the areas of European countries in 1936 and 1949?
Are there sources (e.g. gazetteers or encyclopedia) that list the precise areas of the different European countries in ~1936 (before Germany's Anschluß with Austria), and again in ~1949 (after the ...
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Ranking Eastern Europe Communist regimes by severity of repression [closed]
I was wondering that the severity of repression, censorship, economic stagnation must have varied greatly across the Eastern bloc countries between 1945-1990. It may even have varied over the years in ...
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What would "close confinement" look like for a Saxon count being punished by Henry V of Germany in the early 1100s?
While reading the Cambridge Medieval history collection I keep coming across 'confinement' or 'imprisonment' being used to punish or coerce nobles, kings, and even popes.
I'm wondering what the ...
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What is this large bronze medallion?
Searched many sites but nothing matches this particular lion.
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Did the Crisis of the late Middle Ages cause a notable expansion of wilderness in Europe?
There was a lot of wild forest in the early Middle Ages, around 75% in the 9th century according to Wikipedia, much of which was cleared during the population boom in the High Middle Ages. I also read ...
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How was ethnicity's role in the voting enfranchisement envisioned after the English Civil War?
I am reading Democracy in Europe: A History by Luciano Canfora. In his short section on the English Civil War he states
There is another element in the Levellers' thinking that should also be taken ...
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Is there any documented evidence that these three North American cities were named due to the locations of their namesakes?
Two years ago, I was studying an online atlas of the world and I happened to notice that there are three cities located in North America which have a geographical similarity with three cities located ...
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What was Iceland officially & commonly called before 1918 (1874~)?
In 1918, The Kingdom of Iceland was founded. In 1944, it changed to just Iceland.
I have researched about what Iceland was originally called, and apparently, it's first name was given to the person ...
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What was Portugal and Spain's primary export which sparked their trade with Africa in the early 15th century?
I’ve read so many resources about how Europe’s desire to trade with the east, and the resistance by the Ottoman Empire to gain access was what triggered their voyage around the African continent, and ...
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