Questions tagged [political-history]
Political history is the history of: political events, politicians, political bodies, political movements and anything else related to politics. Questions on topic will be related to the significance, evolution, or veracity of things of historical consequence related to politics.
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How did Vlad III Dracula’s brutality coexist with his political comebacks in Wallachia? What internal and external factors enabled his restorations?
Vlad III of Wallachia (r. 1448, 1456–62, 1476) is infamous for his use of impalement and terror, yet he returned to power three times — even after being imprisoned by King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary....
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Where can I find an English translation of "El Estado Federal de Panama"?
I am looking for an English translation of El Estado Federal de Panama (a.k.a. The Federal State of Panama) by Justo Arosemena. I got my hopes up when I found this webpage written in English, but I ...
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Why did James Hoste MP commit suicide?
This may be a long shot, but I have been researching my wife's ancestry and came across James Hoste (17th Century Castle Rising MP).
John Hoste was mentioned in the book An Essay Towards a ...
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What is the history behind the French National Assembly's long, planned recess, and what are members expected to do during that time?
I read this comment by Rick Smith:
Article 28 fixes the months Parliament meets. "Parliament shall sit as of right in one ordinary session which shall start on the first working day of October ...
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How to compare corruption across countries in the 19th century?
I have been recently discussing the corruption in history, the specific question was if the tzarist Russia was more corrupt in the 19th century than Austria-Hungary. We failed in finding any public ...
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In the USSR, what determined the level of national administrative divisions?
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 ...
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Has a president or an administration ever been found in contempt of the Supreme Court?
When it comes to utter disregard of the Supreme Court, is there any precedent for an administration being found in contempt, or the president of the United of States being found in contempt of the ...
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How did medieval Siam/Ayutthaya politically function as a kingdom/nation-state? [closed]
For context, I'm working on a story based on Thai/Siamese/Ayutthaya history. I love Thai history and culture which is unfortunately criminally underrated here in the U.S./West. I was inspired to make ...
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Did ancient Greece or Rome have opposing political factions? [closed]
Did ancient Greece or Rome have opposing political factions? Are they analogous to what we would today would call conservative vs. liberal political parties?
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Did the use of the term Prime Minister in the UK originate as ridicule?
A YouTube video makes the claim:
the term prime minister was originally used by [Robert Walpole's] rivals to make fun of how he had consolidated power
Neither Wikipedia nor Etymology Online mention ...
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What is the origin of counting? [closed]
In A History of Mathematics by Boyer and Merzbach, it is noted in the first Chapter that
It is usually assumed that the subject arose in answer to practical needs, but anthropological studies suggest ...
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Were Imperial German cities democratic? Who governed them?
Currently researching the advent of city zoning, which originated in Germany. From Sonia Hirt's The rules of residential segregation: US housing taxonomies and their precedents I learned that German ...
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What do the writings of the NKVD general Lyushkov after his defection to Japan contain?
I was recently looking at a paper about Lyushkov, an NKVD general who defected to Japan after he was recalled to Moscow where he would have been likely arrested and eventually shot.
Several Japanese ...
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Why did many young voters support Ronald Reagan in the 1984 U.S. Presidential Election?
In 1984 many young voters seemed pretty enthusiastic about Ronald Reagan, especially young White voters. Young voters supporting a Republican for president is almost unheard of these days. What was it ...
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When were U.S. political parties realigned?
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., in his interview with Tucker Carlson (@1:17), says:
There's been a bunch of realignments (about 4 or 5) throughout American history; and I think we're going through one right ...
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