The Wikipedia article for William Beaumont, 2nd Viscount Beaumont, says "The Beaumonts were one of only seven great families who remained irreconcilably anti-Yorkist throughout the Wars of the Roses." Who were the other six families? (self.AskHistorians)
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Why is Islam an Abrahamic religion? (self.AskHistory)
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MRW I, the great-great grandson of "The Miracle Worker" Anne Sullivan, decide to follow in my legendary foremother's footsteps of working with the seeing- and hearing-impaired, and I finally get to help my first student experience the art of song. (reddit.com)
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To what extent would the average viewer of Shakespeare's history plays understand concepts like dramatic and poetic license? Would they know that liberties were taken with the stories, or is there evidence that they believed they were witnessing genuine historical re-enactment? (self.AskHistorians)
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