Research ideas for bored students
The evolution of national identity in the country of your interest (ancient or modern)
The influence of paganism on christianity in Ireland and Scotland.
The impact that fairy beleif had on the Scottish witch hunts.
How fashion was influenced by the second world war.
The differences between and evolution of first, second and third wave feminism.
The impact the post-modern globalism has had on human rights.
Depictions of homosexuality in the ancient world (are there similarities/differences between nations?)
The evolution of tavern and drinking cultue in England, Scotland and the Netherlands.
The portrayal of women in early-modern English ballads.
The use of certain tunes or melodies in E.M. English ballads.
Portrayals of the devil in E.M. English ballads.
The difference between collective memory and historical facts (war is a time when our memories are often romanticised).
Fashion in the Elizabethan era and how it changed after.
The evolution of pens and writing materials
Historical methods of making paint/paint thinners.
Men in the early-modern witch hunts.
Differences between old world and new world witch hunts.
The use of torture in witch trials and the laws regarding torture (differences between countries)?
The use of salt as currency.
Depictions of intoxiication in ancient art.
How ancient societies viewed drinking and how they drank.
The lives of great poets.
The decline of the latin language.
The English civil war during the 17 century.
The relationship between ancient Celts and the Romans.
Religious symbolism in early modern art.
The history and evolution of marriage.
“In Praise of Folly,” by Desiderius Erasmus
The Protestant Reformation and/or the resulting split of protestantism (calvinism, lutheranism, anabaptists, etc.)
The history of Christmas in the new world.
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