Need Help with History Homework?

[Vic Vega]

How common is the practice of Machiavellian ideology in today's governments and what are some examples of such practices from history post the publishing of "The Prince"?

[Prosaic Visitant]

Approximately how long would it take to manufacture one suit of Gothic armour in the very early 1500s? and how many people does it generally take?

[sokkur]

Can someone give me a somewhat detaied overwiew on the economy of polland in 1941-1960 and give me some links to reliable sources on this topic? If you use or taka something from a book or other material please tell the name of it and on what page the text you used is on.

Edit: I have got all the info I need.

[Londinium]

Not so much history homework but does anyone have any recommendations for good books on the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex?

[Constantius]

The venerable Bede is obviously a must for the early history of the Anglo/Saxons,orhttp://www.routledge.com/books/search/keywords/0415921295/.
Modern scholarship you could try this an overview of Anglo/Saxon England http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledg...e_locale=en_GB , http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/jsp/...erm=0804712174 , http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/jsp/...erm=1852851767
on Wessex in particular http://eprints.utas.edu.au/4640/

There is a few to have a look at, hope that is a little bit helpful, sorry I cannot alas review them I have only read Bede and some of the 'The Anglo-Saxon state'

[TheDarkKnight]

So I'm writing a paper on German technology/equipment and large defensive efforts (i.e. Atlantic Wall) during WWII, but I'm putting an emphasis particularly on those that were essentially wastes of time, manpower, resources, etc, as well as mistakes when it came to not using certain things. So far I have:

The Vengeance Program
Both Tiger Tanks
Me-262 (underutilized / not enough support put behind it)
Ju 88 (mainly because it was only useful when Germany had air superiority)
Fw-190 (used more for protecting Me-262s when they were landing/taking off)
Gewehr weapons (not enough support for semi-automatic rifles)
Sturmgewehr 44 (produced too late to really have made a difference, it seems)
Atlantic Wall (unbelievably large amount of resources, time, and manpower went into this and the Allies breached it in very little time)
Siegfried Line (German arrogance thinking that a few dragon's teeth obstacles, ditches, bunkers, etc would stop someone from entering Germany)

and that's about it so far.

Anyone have anything to add?

[Constantius]

Pocket battleships, should of put resources into aircraft carriers and escort ships

[Timur Amir]

This isn't Homework, but....

How did peacekeeping and policing occur in medieval Europe and the Middle East? Was it centered around local guards, militias, a semi-professional policing force, or the military? Was the policy to strike first ask later, or more of a lenient approach? How did this force react to riots- instant use of lethal force, beating the discontents, beating AND arresting them, or guarding key areas and letting the riot burn itself out? How did these methods change, and what effects did these changes have?

Any time period between 1100 and 1800 (yes I know that includes the colonial era), and any area from Persia to Morocco to Novgorod to England- tell me whatever you know, please, and I'll be very thankful for it.

I stumbled upon this, and it would be very relevant to my interests to see this answered in a more worldly and VV-ish manner. And, seriously, anything you know on law enforcement during this huge wallop of time is welcome, from anywhere in that vast area. I'm sorry for the broad topic and the annoying presentation, but it matters quite a lot to me.

[Constantius]

I don't know where to start, any area/time most important?

[TheDarkKnight]

Pocket battleships, should of put resources into aircraft carriers and escort ships

Crap I knew I was forgetting something. Thanks.

[Timur Amir]

I don't know where to start, any area/time most important?

well, England during the late middle ages progressing into the colonial age is the most relatable, although France would also do nicely.

or of course, whatever you find most personally interesting, you see those times and places to be too well-trod.

[StealthFox]

Pocket battleships, should of put resources into aircraft carriers and escort ships

Be careful when discussing this. You'll have to go into the whole German military culture and how the Wehrmacht is the dominate branch of the German military.

[TheDarkKnight]

I think I will only go a bit into the pocket battleships, seeing as how Hitler pretty much hated anything battleships and any large surface vessels, especially after Barents Sea.

[Constantius]

well, England during the late middle ages progressing into the colonial age is the most relatable, although France would also do nicely.

or of course, whatever you find most personally interesting, you see those times and places to be too well-trod.

Sorry haven't forgotten just been a little busy, will post some interesting finds about Norman England

EDIT still busy to do much research but I did find this http://www.angevin.org/norman_law.htm that you might find useful
Also http://www.battle1066.com/normans.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british...i_law_01.shtml this one is written by Professor John Hudson, a professor of legal history, who focuses on ninth to thirteenth-century England and France, in particular the fields of law, lordship, and literature- there is a good bibliography at the bottom that might provide you with a good basis for further reading. Sorry I have not got time to do an essay of my own, I was actually looking forward to it!
Good luck with your research, I will try and add to it, if/when get more time

[Encino_Man]

As fall semester comes to a close and summer appears on the horizon I am in need of some aid. I did not attend school this semester but since I will be starting up a masters program in fall I figured I'd better get off my butt and get my head back into academic mode. I have some papers written that I would like to share with the community to receive commentary on my writing in hopes of improving it and hopefully stirring debate and discussion. The papers were all written for history classes and I am wondering if anybody here is willing to read a few of my papers before I post them. I'd like people knowledgeable in these areas to see if it's worth posting up as well as catching a few errors I made or suggestions to improving and expanding them. I'll state that my knowledge on the subjects is limited to the furious weeks of research and writing that accompanied the assignments and thus nothing is really in depth. In case you are wondering why I haven't spent my spring time off reworking these... well lets just say I have a lot of reading to catch up on and most of it is not historically accurate... to say the least.

Anyway! The papers I have written are listed below with some personal commentaries on what to expect if readers choose to read them. I'm also currently rereading them myself.:

1) Living With Barbarians - The paper tries to portray the everyday relationship between the barbarian and Roman peoples in Gaul as being generally peaceful and not full of violence as most basic histories tend to mention. It's about 11 pages long, including a bibliography.

2) The Importance of Rural Communities in Ancient Mesopotamia - The class read The Epic of Gilgamesh and we had to choose a topic of interest from the book. Most chose the flood story and its similarities with the flood story in the Old Testament. I chose something completely different. It was very interesting in that it seemed most of Ancient Mesopotamian society in Southern Mesopotamia emphasized the cities and it seemed like most of the work done by historians also emphasized the city over the rural communities. My most glaring problem is a lack of a time period during which I cover in my paper so if someone chooses to read this just look at it as a sort of generalization lol. It's 12 pages including a page of bibliography.

3) Understanding St. Augustine - A subject I was really excited to write about turned into an outline/bibliographic review of a flop due to time constraints and a nasty bout of stress and the flu. I will say it was a lot of fun researching St. Augustine and learning not only about him but the greater theological community which he inhabited during his lifetime. It's 11 pages including a full page and a line of bibliography.

4) The Fall of the Roman Empire - This paper started my interest in the late Roman and Early Medieval periods of history. It's very basic as I had very little knowledge of Rome at the time. The assignment was to take two opposing arguments and choose a side. In this case it was internal or external conflicts. I left out a bit about the senators because of time constraints and focused on other aspects of what was going on. It's one of my oldest papers. It's basic so don't expect an in-depth analysis of what happened, just a rudimentary overview basically. It's 14 pages long with two of those used up by end notes and 1 by the bibliography.

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to take a look.

[Constantius]

I am not going to claim to be Mr Academia, but having already tucked History under my belt many years ago, and now Classical studies, it would at least qualify me to read them! If it is grammar you require checking forget it, mine is useless. But never the less would enjoy reading them, may I inquire as to what your Ma going to be?

[Encino_Man]

I am not going to claim to be Mr Academia, but having already tucked History under my belt many years ago, and now Classical studies, it would at least qualify me to read them!

Tbh, anyone with a decent amount of knowledge is fine But if you have a preferred subject and one of the papers touches upon it then by all means!

If it is grammar you require checking forget it, mine is useless. But never the less would enjoy reading them,

And haha most of them got butchered for my grammar sadly but the teacher said the content was decent lol! Just let me know which ones you want to read I plan on doing some grammar checking myself before passing them out to whoever wants to read them.

may I inquire as to what your Ma going to be?

And it's a masters in archives and records administration (MARA). It's an online program at San Jose State University (it's where I received my BA last fall).

[Verrix Toutatis]

1) Living With Barbarians - The paper tries to portray the everyday relationship between the barbarian and Roman peoples in Gaul as being generally peaceful and not full of violence as most basic histories tend to mention. It's about 11 pages long, including a bibliography.

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to take a look.

I'd be more then willing to take a look at this. In advance of this, what referencing system are you using?

[StealthFox]

Feel free to send them to me, but I can't guarantee when I'll get a chance to look at them.

[Encino_Man]

I'd be more then willing to take a look at this. In advance of this, what referencing system are you using?

Thanks! And Turabian's Chicago Manual Style. I'm planning on reading them tomorrow and hopefully catching any grammatical errors I made before sending it to you. Sending a PM btw.

Feel free to send them to me, but I can't guarantee when I'll get a chance to look at them.

Was there one that you find more interesting? (Just asking as it might improve your chance of reading one