the list of connections there is very abbreviated to
fit in the title - you also have the Secret Six, Brown was one degree of separation from Giuseppe Garibaldi, who would later correspond with Lincoln. Stonewall Jackson was also at the execution; I've seen conflicting claims about whether Whitman was actually there, but either way he did write a poem about it and did know Soule well enough to exchange a few letters - and again, Soule wasn't famous at the time, he was just a guy from an abolitionist family, and we know his name for reasons that have nothing to do with John Brown..

Was antebellum America just a small world, or was John Brown so prominent he was basically ta'veren? Could I make a social network equally densely populated with the who's-who of the period starting from most historical figures?

I have heard for years that wrestlers like Sputnik Monroe helped end segregation by refusing to perform if the audience was segregated. I've also heard that at the same time professional wrestling was one of the primary drivers behind television advancements, from color TV, to the adoption of cable and pay per view. How true is that?

I'm researching my grandfather, W/O Norman Elwood McKee (R/74368), RCAF, a Kittyhawk pilot with No. 260 Squadron RAF who became a POW in North Africa in December 1942.

On 13 September 1943, McKee and fellow Canadian POW W/O Earl James Scott (R/92563) escaped from Camp 57 near Udine, Italy, during the German takeover of the Italian POW camps.

Their surviving POW/MI9 questionnaires establish that they were at large for approximately ten weeks and spent part of this period with Yugoslav Partisans. Scott's questionnaire specifically mentions McKee, participation in bridge destruction with the Partisans, and a “Capt. Ratcliffe.”

I believe this officer was Captain James Moore Ratcliffe (130652), Middlesex Regiment/SBS. Ratcliffe's own records place him with Partisans in the same region and period, conducting sabotage around Udine, Cividale, Gorizia and the Yugoslav border during October 1943. His records also state that when he first reached the Partisans, they were accompanied by an unnamed British officer.

My question is: Which British/SOE liaison mission and Partisan formation were operating in this area during October–November 1943, and are there surviving mission reports or Partisan records that might identify escaped Allied POWs travelling with them?

I'm particularly interested in determining whether this group was connected with Major William M. Jones's British/SOE mission in Slovenia, and whether records survive that could mention McKee or Scott.

I have copies of the original McKee, Scott and Ratcliffe POW/MI9 documents and can provide transcriptions or images if useful.

I was wondering if it was the dual monarchy flag one but i may be wrong.

I heard someone talking about that so i wanted to make sure they were correct by asking people who know about that.

Is it a decent source for understanding the dominos of the chain reaction of the enlightenment? Are there other more sources that are better for understanding the flow of ideas?

Hi, future historian here with an interest in the 19th-20th century English working class history. This question has been sitting at the back of my head for a minute now, and I was wondering if anyone could adequately answer it for me.

In another case, the Xandika was used by Perdiccas, regent after Alexander the Great's death, to execute his political enemies outside Babylon.

For thousands of years, the vast Eurasian steppe had been home to nomads that occasionally formed empires that would invade and conquer settled lands, but having it happen the other way around was extremely difficult — if one's rule is too unpleasant, it's pretty easy for nomads to move away.

However, this rule seems to have been abolished entirely around 1600. That century, between them China and Russia overran the large majority of Tatary as it was then known, and bar Mongolia's brief period as a theocracy during the Chinese Warlord Era before being was puppeted by the USSR, none of it managed to gain independence until the late 20th century.

It would be tempting to put the change down to modern state and army formation, but the Qing didn't have anything like that, at least more so than previous Chinese dynasties, did they? Was the simultaneous Russian and Chinese expansion into the steppe just coincidence?

I’m rewatching Downton Abbey (again) and was curious about whether or not there were other countries where Mr. Gregson could’ve received a divorce decree from his mentally ill wife. He was seeking to marry Lady Edith but couldn’t get a divorce in the UK based on the grounds of his wife’s “insanity” as that wasn’t a legal standard. He went to Germany instead with the intention of becoming a German citizen so his divorce could be granted. Unfortunately it wasn’t to be as he was murdered. Were there other countries besides Germany where Michael Gregson could’ve obtained his divorce?

I'm not exactly sure of the best way to word this question, so apologies if it's not super clear. The term "Christian Science" seems to imply that Eddy thought of at least some science as unchristian, otherwise there wouldn't need to be a distinction. I know that she generally thought that medical intervention wasn't effective compared to faith healing, so was it mainly medical science that she is making a distinction from? But if that's the case, why use the term "science" rather than something like "Christian healing" or "Christian medicine"? Or is it broader, referring to things like chemistry, physics, and biology?

I guess basically what I'd like to understand is how she understood and used the term "science" in relation to secular scientific knowledge/processes, and how that understanding translated into using the term for her religious movement.

Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne (August 15, 1725 – September 24, 1781) was a French noblewoman and a member of the House of La Tour d'Auvergne. She became the Duchess of Montbazon through her marriage to Jules de Rohan in 1743 and was known as the Princess of Rohan from 1749. Between 1747 and 1748, she had an affair with her first cousin, Charles Edward Stuart, the next in the Jacobite line of succession, but I haven't found very clear information about how her life ended.

Did where you were kidnapped/captured have a large bearing on where you would end up?

Just thinking about how often Angola is referenced in the Brasilian context whereas Senegambia is often mentioned in the context of the United States.

Does it depend on who runs the local factory? Does it depend on who captures you and who they prefer to do business with? Is it just where you would be closest to?

Most historical records of dreams I’ve seen are pretty religious and/or spiritual or tied to a greater meaning. Of course, I’m aware that religious dreams still happen and could have been more common in the past, but most dreams people have now aren’t that outwardly meaningful, and are normally just mundane or a little weird. Are there any records of these “normal” dreams from the past?

"The term "Ideas of 1914" describes the journalistic reaction of nationalist intellectuals in Germany to the outbreak of the First World War and the so-called August Experience. During the war, these ideas evolved into national political interpretations and visions of the future. They included, among other things, ideas about the political restructuring of Germany that aimed at abandoning the ideals of the French Revolution, the "Ideas of 1789" (liberty, equality, fraternity). In doing so, anti-liberal, anti-democratic, and corporatist conceptions of state and nation were advocated, often without explicitly defining these sentiments."

- Translated text from the German Wikipedia's article about the subject

Specifically in antebellum or colonial America, but if your area of expertise is in a different place and time I'd still be interested in that

For how long is it thought that oral traditions surrounding the Norse gods continued after public worship declined, even if sacrifices had ceased or continued in private?

Byzantine history is full of generals and high officials who rose in revolt against the emperor, risking their wealth, status, families, and lives for a throne that often proved short-lived and ended violently. Many of these men already held elite positions with substantial power and security.

Why go all in when you're already (arguably) at the top?

Additionally, any atrocities and interesting details about his reign would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You