They often hypothesized that it was related to yaws, another new world spirochete. But syphilis could have been one of those diseases lumped in with leprosy and such. Poorly understood

The japanese did invade alaska, so it's not wholly without reason.

It would definitely call into question that it was brought to Europe by Columbus and his crews. I had always been told that syphilis was a New World disease. It’s sounding like it was more a case of being endemic and not recognized.

To be fair, they didn't say it revealed a fun lifestyle, just a lifestyle.

There are not many works by ancient sceptics that have survived intact, but one that did is by the Pyrrhonist Sextus Empiricus. Problem is he was not an older Greek philosopher but a younger one (2nd century AD) and he was not translated and published in the west until the early modern era (late 16th century) so after the middle ages. You might want to look into it in case you've misremembered...

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> they are not exactly the same nowadays and back then…very close to tradditional

What. They are exactly the same characters which is the only reason I can even recognize them as someone who can only read chinese and not japanese. The characters are identical to what I see in chinese signs/books/internet forums. This is going to give a blantantly false impression to people.

Also keep in mind there are less than 100 kokuji characters while kanji numbers in the tens of thousands. It’s a weak attempt to severe the connection.

putative?

Excellent, thank you for taking the time to do this. Hope others find it useful too. (love it when Reddit works like this)

From your link:

>In the Apple Down cemetery in West Sussex, UK archaeologists uncovered the skeleton of a young man with extensive damage to both his skull and long bones, a combination typical of syphilis. He died in the sixth century AD. Ref 16 - Cole, G. and T. Waldron (2011) “Apple Down 152: a putative case of syphilis from sixth century AD Anglo-Saxon England.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology Jan;144(1):72-9. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.21371. Epub 2010 Aug 18. PMID 20721939.

History shows us it's rarely a good time to be a woman.

Yeah, I have that one in my TBR pile.

Guelzo is a favorite of mine try his Robert E Lee biography sometime .

Did Dirlewanger and Kaminski ever met?

I'm doing some research about Nazi war crimes and I read about those two who are labeled as the worst war criminals ever. Since they both fought during Warsaw Uprising, I was wondering if they actually came to know each other.

How? Be chained in a Christian church.

Does anyone know any good books on Catalonia? Specifically 20th century Catalan history

I enjoy the period around the US Civil War, so my favorites are from that period. I really like the Walter Stahr bios. He has a recent one out on Salmon Chase and an older one on Seward, but the one on Stanton is my favorite. I also really liked Allen Guelzo's Redeemer President on Lincoln. I think that's my favorite bio on Lincoln I've read.

Outside of that period I would maybe check out The Fire Is Upon Us by Nick Buccola. It's not quite a biography. It's about the debate between James Baldwin and William F. Buckley at the Cambridge Union. It gets into both people's lives and is very biographical, but it also has a lot of implications for current politics and the beginning of media driven soundbites that really drive the reasoning of the right.

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Thomas Asbridge has a good one on William Marshal. It's pretty short, it's well written, and has good notes if you find an area you want to learn more about. Marshal is a goods subject b/c he's got a Forest Gumpy quality for that period of England. He was around all the big players, went on crusade, was a popular tourney knight, etc. It's called The Greatest Knight. It's a great place to start for English knights. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23456467-the-greatest-knight

No I haven't. The only other thing I could find is Ernest Bevin: Labour's Churchill by Andrew Adonis which I haven't read. The author is a Labour politician/lord with strong views about certain areas of foreign policy so isn't really writing from a position of neutrality.

Probably contracted it before, or was abused by someone with it before she became a nun. Lots of women that were victims of abuse were shuttered away in convents to hide what was done, or were sent there for their own protection. Not a good time to be a woman

How do you get syphilis if you’re walled into a cell to live a life of prayer and contemplation?

well if this is correct, it is a huge discovery as afaik syphilis hasn't been verified in Europe this early. see link on history of syphilis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_syphilis

Have you heard anything on a biography of Ernest Bevin union leader,Labour's activest and later Foreign Minister only thing I've found is 3 vol. Biography by Alan Bullock from 60s or 70s?

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