Results 41 to 50 of about 88,126 (204)
TECA, 2022 On May 28, 1494 the Venetian Senate ordered the destruction by fire of all copies of a printed pamphlet containing a defamatory 'frotula' against the Dominican Order written by the Neapolitan friar Domenico de Carpanis, who was previously a Dominican ...
Daniela Fattori
doaj +1 more source
Landholding and landscape in Ottoman Cyprus [PDF]
, 2010 In Ottoman Cyprus (1571–1878), social organization was based above all on the ownership and exploitation of agricultural land. The social relations, economic processes and daily practices of landowning elites and peasant farmers alike were structured by ...
Given, M., Hadjianastasis, M.
core +1 more source
Geological constraints on tactical operations in the El Alamein battlefield, Egypt, 1942
Geology Today, Volume 42, Issue 1, Page 27-40, January/February 2026.The 1942 El Alamein battlefield exemplifies the decisive role of geological and geomorphological factors in modern warfare. Constrained between the Mediterranean littoral and the impassable Qattara Depression, the desert theatre imposed strategic immobility and shaped both defensive planning and tactical manoeuvre.
Aldino Bondesan
wiley +1 more source
Renaissance attachment to things: material culture in last wills and testaments [PDF]
, 2012 Over the past decade ‘material culture’ has become a sub-discipline of Italian Renaissance studies. This literature, however, has focused on the rich and their objects preserved in museums or reflected in paintings.
Cohn, S.
core +1 more source
A Classification of High‐Risk Atmospheric Circulation Patterns for Italian Precipitation Extremes
International Journal of Climatology, Volume 45, Issue 15, 15 December 2025.By applying Self‐Organising Maps, we develop a comprehensive classification of the weather types associated with November 1984 to October 2024 extreme precipitation events in Italy. We identify six different weather types associated with different large‐scale dynamical drivers. Their relevance for different areas is evaluated, and their seasonality and
Cristina Iacomino +6 more
wiley +1 more source
Annali di Ca’ Foscari: Serie Orientale, 1970-2010 An index of all articles, divided by subject areas with titles, keywords and link to their full text, is now available at the following digital archive: https://phaidra.cab.unipd.it/o:459015.
Redazione, Annali Serie Orientale
doaj +1 more source
Performance as Exchange: Taxation and Jewish Theatre in Early Modern Italy [PDF]
, 2013 In early modern Italy, an unusual form of exchange between Jewish and Christian communities materialized in Mantua: Jews in Mantua were required to perform an annual play as a tribute to their Gonzaga rulers.
Jaffe-Berg, E
core +1 more source
The visibility of women in tenth‐century Rome
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 33, Issue 4, Page 522-544, November 2025.Women played a significant part in tenth‐century Rome, and the documentation makes them visible in a way rarely seen in early medieval sources. First examining the political agency of the foremost among them, women like Marozia and the Theophylact family senatrices, this paper also highlights the socio‐economic, legal and cultural role of many women of
Veronica West‐Harling
wiley +1 more source
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 33, Issue 4, Page 572-589, November 2025.This article traces the presence of enslaved children in early medieval narrative sources, especially hagiographies, and looks into the relationship between their historicity and their literary functions. While topoi such as the ransoming or redemption of slaves are acknowledged, this article argues that despite these motifs, narrative sources offer ...
Danny Grabe
wiley +1 more source