King John: was he so bad?
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>>807614
No. He just inherited a shitty situation from his faggot brother.
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Long run? No.
Short run? He did alright dealt a shitty hand.
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You're a stinker, and you stink.
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Why didn't French parts of the United States continue to speak French after the Louisiana purchase while Quebec remains francophone long after being incorporated to an English speaking country
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>>807361
Because no one fucking lived there
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>>807369
Nobody lived in New Orleans?
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>>807369
in New Orleans and southern Louisiana there were quite a few people. In the deep deep pats of Louisiana cajun French is still spoken. Why didn't the state of Louisiana become the Quebec of the United States?
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Daily reminder that Venetian Republic was longest continuous form of government in history and monarchies, empires, dictatorships are child plays compared to serious business and glory of the Doge.
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>>807027
PAX
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>>807070
VENETIA
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>inb4 butthurt Orthoboos
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>>807093
I'm Greek and the best times my hometown ever saw since antiquity was under Venetian rule.
Praise the Doge.
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Did metal shields actually exist? 2016-03-08 23:37:17 Post No.806929
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Did metal shields actually exist?
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In any form of medieval media I've watched aiming for realism, I've never seen a metal shield, let alone heard mention of one. Are they a late medieval/early renaissance thing? Or were they all just wood and leather with a possible thin metal lining?
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>>806929
Later shields had metal lining on the outside. I really don't know why they didn't make metal shields. curios too if anyone knows, because surely if metallurgy can make armor it could make thin enough shields
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>>806984
My guess was that they would be too heavy for something that has to be moved quickly and accurately, and it would be a waste of metal that could be used for plate armor, that's why I was wondering if they were real or just a product of fantasy
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>>806995
true and besides the cost wood has some give and metal does not, so that could be an issue. I do know some people like Rome or afrika had like golden and jewel encrusted shields but not for war use, more of a wealth thing really. When you say fantasy are you counting plate shields? because those were def a thing
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Where is the actual proof for God/Allah/YHWH/etc?
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>>806884
You disprove it first and then I'll tell you how your disproof is wrong.
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The religion baiting is getting out of hand on /his/.
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>>806891
Disprove the existence of a waifu dimension where Renge-chan loves me.
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Do you have a personal metaphysics? Or subscribe to an existing system? What is it?
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I don't believe in metaphysics
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>>806522
>I don't believe in metaphysics
What did he mean by this?
Assuming scientism, that is a metaphysics in itself, you know
How does /his/ feel about the theory of Kyriarchy?
>Kyriarchy, pronounced /ˈkaJriɑːrki/, is a social system or set of connecting social systems built around domination, oppression, and submission. The word was coined by Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza in 1992 to describe her theory of interconnected, interacting, and self-extending systems of domination and submission, in which a single individual might be oppressed in some relationships and privileged in others. It is an intersectional extension of the idea of patriarchy beyond gender.[1] Kyriarchy encompasses sexism, racism, homophobia, classism, economic injustice, colonialism, ethnocentrism, militarism, and other forms of dominating hierarchies in which the subordination of one person or group to another is internalized and institutionalized.[2][3]
>Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza (born 17 April 1938, Cenad) is a Romanian-born German, Roman Catholic[1] feminist theologian, who is currently the Krister Stendahl Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School.
I am slightly surprised she's use the term "kyrios" so negatively, seeing as how it is synonymous with "God" in Christian hymns and theology.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1ryVj9MiD4
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>>806513
It's the next logical step for feminists, since we demonstrably do not live in the kind of patriarchy they claim we do.
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>>806596
What kind is that, exactly?
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>>806596
>demonstrably
Demonstrate it.
>hates political class
>hates officers for getting promotions not out of merit
>strongly believes in spirit of sacrifice for higher goals
>says he couldn't abandon french people in need of his help
>says that he couldn't let a german gauleiter rule his people, because that would have made them suffer even more
>most of the worst things out of his "leadership" were ill-written hate fueled documents he was forced to sign in the middle of the night while being an 80 years old
>clearly shows real repentance for what happened
>"my enemies accuse me of doing what couldn't be avoided instead of appreciating all the useless suffering I saved them from"
>didn't even have his marshal stick at the trials
Why is Pétain hated and considered a traitor?
1.I'm not french
2.This is not bait
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>>806508
Because he came to power with the express purpose of signing an armistice. He argued that the war was lost in France and so they should give up before things got worse for them instead of fighting on. When the Free French retook the country, that wasn't exactly looked kindly upon.
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>most of the worst things out of his "leadership" were ill-written hate fueled documents he was forced to sign in the middle of the night while being an 80 years old
He did that of his own free will. See the Riom Trial.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riom_Trial
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>>806569
>. He argued that the war was lost in France and so they should give up before things got worse for them instead of fighting on.
Is he really blamed for this? Verdun claimed 1,25 million casualties in both french and german army and it lasted 10 month. In 1940 it was captured in 20 hours. Maginot like was dead. The british were drived away. Panzers storming everywhere. All france military and political leadership was still shocked with ww1, understanding that fighting on was useless was the only logical thing that happened in the whole second world war.
Riom trial was extremely bad and he sure made mistake. But wasn't he a sort of huge scapegoat?
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>says he couldn't abandon french people in need of his help
Unless they're Jews 8|>-|-(^:p
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Why should I believe you and follow Jesus, instead of believing this other guy who told me to follow Muhammad?
You both seem to have the same arguments, about your holy scriptures and prime movers.
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>>806344
Look at Christian influenced civilizations.
Now look at Muslim influenced civilizations.
Know a tree by its fruit.
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Only one was created by the Jesuits.
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>>806399
Exactly. Would you rather live in Dubai or Detroit?
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Thoughts on Hannibal
He crossed the fucking alps when he left from Libya, It's like if Russia invaded America through Utah.
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it's not really.
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>>806243
more like invading the US with mexico's help
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>>806243
Was he black?
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Is there any evidence to suggest that Joan of Arc was mentally ill?
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>>806200
She was a woman, and thus sociopathic by default.
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cheerleading is not a mental problem
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>>806200
I wonder what she really looked like
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Why was Poland spared, /his/? Was it providence?
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>>805876
Because it was internally balkanised underdeveloped shithole.
Just like today btw.
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>>805876
Christ of Europe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_of_Europe
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>>805876
>Why was Poland spared, /his/? Was it providence?
Memes aside, it was becase:
1. It was a time of prosperity and good harvests. Better fed population = less susceptible to diseases.
2. It was ruled by a very smart king - Kazimir III, knows as the Great. The king ordered quarantine of all merchants entering the kingdom, thus blocking the disease from spreading along the trade routes.
>>805879
>Because it was internally balkanised underdeveloped shithole.
Bullshit, it was just entering a golden age.
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When we think of colonisation we think of GB, Spain, Portugal and France. What are some other nations that tried colonisation in Americas? I read somewhere that Scotland tried it but wasn't successful. Why didn't the Ottomans tried it? Or Austria? Or the Netherlands?
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I love to read about the colonization age.
I've never heard of Scotland trying, but I assume they failed because lack of funds. It wasn't easy to start a colony.
I would wager that the Ottomans didn't because they were way too far away from the continent to try. But I'm not sure why the Ottomans didn't try for Africa or maybe even some of the Asian islands.
Austria I'm not sure.
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>>805826
Sweden.
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>WE WUZN'T ROMANS
>DUDE ORTHODOXY LMAO
Why were the Byzantines such special little snowflakes?
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I have no idea why anyone today would cling desperately to some 1000 year old narrative. from some time and place that has nothing to do with them.
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>>805704
>narrative
it's simply the truth
I have no idea why anyone would so vehemently attack the truth, must be turks
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>>805670
Absolutely the opposite of what actually happened. The Byzantines claimed they were the true heirs of Rome (which they were culturally and socially), a claim contested by the West thanks to the Holy Roman Empire.
>>DUDE ORTHODOXY LMAO
>implying that wasn't much more common in the Middle Ages
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Are Romanians really Romans n shiet?
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No , and stop this meme immidiatly.
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Romanized Thracians if I recall right.
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>>805380
just a meme no worries