AnselaJonla

AnselaJonla t1_jajsvms wrote

Reply to comment by Ameisen in TIL that Crusaders granted safe passage to Mamluk armies to fight Mongols in 1260. by MimirHinnVitru

> Mongols would have had a lot of difficulty with central European terrain, and the sheer density of fortifications - Europe had a lot of castles, forts, and fortified cities, since they were constantly at war.

Isn't this the "Dothraki wouldn't do well in Westeros" argument? Which makes sense, given the influences GRRM drew from.

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AnselaJonla t1_jaer890 wrote

Reply to comment by symbolicshambolic in TIL exactly what it means to be “Hanged, drawn and quartered”: “…fastened to a hurdle, or wooden panel, and drawn by horse to the place of execution, where he was then hanged (almost to the point of death), emasculated, disembowelled, beheaded, and quartered (chopped into four pieces).” by CatsKittensCatsBunny

It was meant to be torturous. It was a traitor's death, after all.

None of the previous actions would result in immediate death, so they'd be awake and screaming the whole time, as the watching crowd bayed for their blood.

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AnselaJonla t1_jaepk6u wrote

Reply to TIL exactly what it means to be “Hanged, drawn and quartered”: “…fastened to a hurdle, or wooden panel, and drawn by horse to the place of execution, where he was then hanged (almost to the point of death), emasculated, disembowelled, beheaded, and quartered (chopped into four pieces).” by CatsKittensCatsBunny

This was before the long drop method of hanging, which results in a broken neck and quick death, was used. It was strangulation by their own body weight.

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AnselaJonla t1_jaepeol wrote

Reply to comment by PorkfatWilly in TIL exactly what it means to be “Hanged, drawn and quartered”: “…fastened to a hurdle, or wooden panel, and drawn by horse to the place of execution, where he was then hanged (almost to the point of death), emasculated, disembowelled, beheaded, and quartered (chopped into four pieces).” by CatsKittensCatsBunny

Highwaymen would have been hanged, but highway robbery is not in itself a treasonous act so where do you see that such criminals were hanged, drawn, and quartered?

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AnselaJonla t1_jad1yac wrote

Reply to comment by No-Economics556 in TIL that Northern Ireland had a parliament from 1921-1972. by Moist_Farmer3548

The NI parliament just gets boycotted by its members, whenever they're trying to get their own way against Westminster, or when they really can't get along with each other, or when they want Westminster to force through a contentious issue (e.g. legalisation of abortion) to avoid losing voters by doing it themselves.

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AnselaJonla OP t1_iwn9k0e wrote

Reply to comment by Gandzilla in TIL that William I's response to northern rebellion in England was to order the wholesale slaughter of the inhabitants of northern shires, and the burning of food, homes, crops, tools, and livestock so that survivors would freeze or starve by AnselaJonla

There wouldn't be a family behind the hill. They'd have been killed too.

People would have moved back, over time. Lords would have convinced people to move to the northern countryside from the south and from cities like York which weren't devastated. People who managed to flee south - or north to Scotland - might have eventually returned because that's their home damnit, it's all they know and they're going to rebuild as best they can.

But it would have taken time. A lot of it.

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AnselaJonla t1_isjvvo5 wrote

Reply to comment by aaj617 in TIL first two subway stations in the United States were the Boylston and Park Street stations in Boston, which opened in 1897. by garamond89

I think it's amazing that the technology spread to the US so fast, especially in those days.

The UK actually suffers for having been the pioneer in the railways, as we're hamstrung by having much of that ancient infrastructure still in existence. We didn't, for example, undergo a five year intensive remodelling program in the 1940s, as Europe did.

Many of those original 19th century tunnels on the London Underground are still in use today. The rolling stock, the signalling systems, the rails, the platform detailing will be newer, but the tunnels themselves are original.

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AnselaJonla t1_iscdsng wrote

Reply to TIL first two subway stations in the United States were the Boylston and Park Street stations in Boston, which opened in 1897. by garamond89

Only 34 years after the Metropolitan Railway opened its first stations at Paddington (Bishop's Road), Edgware Road, Baker Street, Portland Road, Gower Street, King's Cross, and Farringdon Street, and only seven years after the City and South London Railway opened with electric locomotion due to the nature of its route under the Thames disallowing the use of steam.

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AnselaJonla t1_iqsiz69 wrote

Reply to comment by flannicus90 in TIL Fayetteville AR is named for Fayetteville TN, which is in turn named for Fayetteville NC by Dakar-A

Until GCSE years, history is rotated with geography and religious education as a "humanities" block. At GCSE you pick one.

As you can imagine, having maybe two hours a week on history for a third of the year (well, two sixths in my school) means you can't go into depth about the UK's long history.

In primary school it was general details, about various historical eras, sanitised to a pre-teen safe level. Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, etc.

In secondary school you got stuff like the Tudors, Industrial Revolution, a sanitised view of the Empire, World Wars. At pre-GCSE there wasn't much about America at all.

I can honestly say I've learned more about the Napoleonic Wars (and a bit about India) from Bernard Cornwell/Sharpe, the World Wars from Sabaton, and the American Revolution from Hamilton.

I am over a decade past school age though, and I didn't take GCSE History because one of the teachers was an awful person.

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