Abstract This article examines the dress of female civic rights activist Théroigne de Méricourt and its political significance in Revolutionary Paris. The first section discusses the symbolism of her iconic scarlet riding habit. The second section explores the role of equestrian fashions in Théroigne's strategy of self‐fashioning as a political actor ...
Valerio Zanetti
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“No comment”: Language frictions and the IASB's due process
Abstract The IASB asserts that global stakeholder participation in the standard‐setting process is critical for developing and maintaining high‐quality accounting standards. However, the myriad languages used in countries that apply IFRS may impede this participation.
Eduardo Flores+3 more
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INHERITANCE AND INCEST: TOWARD A LÉVI‐STRAUSSIAN READING OF MONTESQUIEU'S DE L'ESPRIT DES LOIS1
ABSTRACT The premise of this article is that Montesquieu, while seen as an Enlightenment thinker who contributed centrally to the development of the social sciences before the period of discipline formation in the nineteenth century, is generally appreciated in only the vaguest of terms.
Paul Cheney
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Ties of resistance and cooperation: Aedemon, Lusius Quietus and the Baquates [PDF]
Gaius' decision to dissolve the protectorate of Mauretania and to depose its client king, Ptolemaeus, led to the outbreak of the Revolt of Aedemon (AD 40).
Vanacker, Wouter
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Healing Bodies: the ancient origins of massages and Roman practices [PDF]
The practice of body manipulation with therapeutic aims has been used in the Western world since the origins of Hippocratic medicine. By retracing the therapeutic use of massage as a therapeutic, preventive and educational practice, the authors attempt
Gazzaniga, V., Iorio, S., Marinozzi, S.
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READING LESSON FOR STUDENTS LEARNING RUSSIAN AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: TEACHING METHODS AND METHODOLOGY
The article covers methodological issues of teaching reading in Russian to foreign-language students. The aim of the research is to determine methodological and pedagogical approaches that are relevant for Russian as a Foreign Language (RFL) when ...
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Yiddish Translation in Canada: A Litmus Test for Continuity [PDF]
Yiddish translation has been a two-way phenomenon in Canada in the twentieth century that mirrors the changing identity of Jews of Eastern European origin.
Margolis, Rebecca
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Семантико-прагматичні проблеми перекладу [PDF]
Мета курсу – закріплення знань з семантичних і прагматичних характеристик мовних одиниць, необхідних для адекватного ...
Павлюк, Наталія Веніамінівна
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On the Heart of the Hippocratic Corpus: its meaning, context and purpose. [PDF]
Fowler RC.
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Wenceslas Cobergher’s Project for Four Books on Antiquities. Excerpts from: Jacob Spon: Réponse a la critique publiée par M. Guillet sur le Voyage de Grece de Jacob Spon (Lyon 1679) and Joseph van den Gheyn: Pieresc et Cobergher (Anvers 1905) (FONTES 40) [PDF]
The French antiquarian Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580-1637) visited the Flemish painter and architect Wenceslas Cobergher (1560 circa-1634) in Brussels in July 1606.
Cobergher, Wenceslas+2 more
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