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What was the social and cultural role of a country squire in . . . The "country squire" referred to by Christie is essentially a parody of a parody Yes, an English country squire would be a (possibly substantial) landowner, a Justice of the Peace - ie a local magistrate - but Christie is alluding to the country squire in contrast to more sophisticated London socialites In this manifestation, he would be a
What did squires do in the middle of a medieval battle? I always thought the squire rode beside his knight to assist him In the Battle of Lutzen in the 30 year's war (post medieval) King Gustav Adolphus of Sweden gradually became separated from his headquarters group until only his 18 year old German squire was with him and was mortally wounded when the king was killed
19th century - What was the relative social status of a grazier in . . . Compare to the sheep evictions in Scotland attested in Marx And even here, the Graziers are going to be in employ, contract, headmen, of the actual owner Much like arable farmers often ran 20 year leases off actual owners, so too will the Graziers be headmen given a run of cattle in actual grazing country
What is the highest number of brothers who became ruler of the same . . . This is a little bit of a stretch, as one was granted the title, but never gained control of the country, but five of the sons of Thorfinn Skull-splitter were Jarls of the Orkneys, which was more or less independent: Arnfinn ; Havard; Ljot; Skuli; Hlodvir
Besides Ireland what other neutral countries, if any, sent condolences . . . Regarding the last paragraph, the official radio news broadcast after Hitler's death has been preserved literally: "Aus dem Führerhauptquartier wird gemeldet, daß unser Führer Adolf Hitler heute Nachmittag in seinem Befehlsstand in der Reichskanzlei bis zum letzten Atemzuge gegen den Bolschewismus kämpfend für Deutschland gefallen ist "
soviet union - In the USSR, what determined the level of national . . . The Soviet Union's first population census in 1926 identified 176 distinct nationalities, many of which were assigned a titular administrative-territorial division within the country These divisions had various levels: at the highest level were the Soviet Socialist Republics (SSRs), each of which could contain Autonomous Soviet Socialist
technology - How area of a country used to be calculated? - History . . . Satellites and modern technologies are irrelevant here If you have a map of the country, break it into sufficiently small pieces (so that each piece is approximately flat, and the scale of the map is approximately constant on each piece), then put a sufficiently fine square grid on each piece and count the squares