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Hi all – my name is Matt King. I am an associate professor of history at the University of South Florida, and my latest book is A History of Goblins, which was published by Palgrave Macmillan this May. It considers the history of these fascinating creatures (and their many deriv…
Who actually coined the term 'Space'? I find it weird to think that there was a time when people looked at the sky and would call it something other than space. I assume that in different cultures it was called different things, but when did it become more universally known as '…
I have an ancestor who died under the title's circumstances and was curious if this was an antiquated term. There was a great deal of stress and generational trauma in his life, so it seems entirely plausible that he died from exhaustion, but was curious if there was any precede…
I wasn’t reading my bible at all. made excuses for going to church even though it’s a really good one. hardly had pray or worshiping😞. Ive been trying to be a light online but completely burnt out in my personal life and unstable much of the time. relying on getting my word fro…
As I'm sitting here during yet another 90°F+ heatwave, it occurs to me that if it sucks this much to be doing white-collar work in a dark room with fans, cold water, and the knowledge I can go somewhere air conditioned at any time, it must have been unimaginably worse for people…
This is kind of a weird question since it's more about the practice of history than a question about what happened in history. Basically, is there an agreed-upon methodology or pedagogy about how historians interpret relationships that present as homosocial to the public, but wh…
So beaches obviously have always been useful for various activities scavange of washed out cargo, easy place to go in and with boats, etc.) but I got curious, is there any evidence of medieval people ever going to the beach for leisure. I cant imagine tanning was that needed, gi…
This is a period of time where the Papal States are being (or about to be) gobbled up by Italian Nationalism and Europe is hurtling into modernity. So a long ways away from the heydey of Papal influence it seems. How much did secular leaders of Catholic countries, especially if…
With this tongue in cheek question I have in fact several questions around the same topic: what were the southern elites really expecting seceding will achieve when they decided to do it (or in the months following it)? were they surprised that the Union rejected their secession…
Common views are that the very poor remained (as they couldn't afford to make the journey), as well as some of the elite (who had land and other assets). Were there any other perspectives on staying in India?
We’ve been texting for a few days and I’m honestly pretty interested. She’s VERY passionate and devoted to the faith, like she’s truly truly fears the Lord. I’m extremely physically attracted to her as-well, so that’s not the issue. Here’s the possible issue, she’s 27. I am 23.…
Do you think Trump has an heir apparent, or is it one of those things where no one in Washington dares talk about it for fear of reminding Trump of his mortality/term limits? I know the obvious answer is Vance, but Vance does not wield the same kind of fear and influence that Tr…
I know one-room schoolhouses (where one teacher taught multiple grades at once) were the norm in many rural areas for much of the 19th and early 20th centuries. But as a city slicker, I can't imagine how that would actually work since the teacher can only do one thing at a time.…
I just wanted to say this because for the past two and a half weeks or so, I have completely fallen in love with the Lord—not romantically, obviously. Just deep, spiritual, profound love. Jesus has been working through me very quickly in a short amount of time and it kind of fee…
It's spaceships, star sailors, fleets and so on, even though space is 3D for navigational purposes and the sea is effectively 2D for everything but submersibles, rockets obviously fly and have to go through the sky first to get to space, and the first astronauts were all trained…
I was a baptized Christian for years then I converted to Islam. I have since reverted back to Jesus and truly believe he will raise me up on the last day due to his death and resurrection. I have recently discovered hebrews 6:4, which talks about a person leaving and not being a…
“Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?’“ 2 Peter 3:9 ”The Lord is not slow in keeping…
I hear about the Greek development of geometry, but not Chinese geometry. Chinese scholars worked on geometry around the same time as the Greeks, but independently from the Greeks. Euclid developed basic ideas. Did Chinese scholars come to the same conclusions as the Greeks? If…