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Abstract This article treats Nicholas Cabasilas as an emblematic theologian of peace from the Orthodox tradition whose profound reflections on peace speak directly to our contemporary moment of turmoil. Writing amidst the untold upheavals of fourteenth‐century Byzantium, Cabasilas distills much of his inherited exegetical, ascetic, and liturgical ...
Alexis Torrance
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The Lost Large Mammals of Arabia
ABSTRACT Aim If successful, plans to restore the vegetation of the Arabian Peninsula (AP) as announced by the Middle East and Saudi Green Initiatives will see the greatest increase in vegetation cover since the beginning of the Holocene Humid Phase (HHP), roughly 9–10,000 years ago.
Christopher Clarke, Sultan M. Alsharif
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Tractoriae and the logistics of Carolingian entourages
Entourages played a central role in Carolingian politics and military organization. Yet historians have neglected the important question of how kings and magnates supplied their retinues. This article investigates that topic by examining an overlooked genre of evidence: tractoriae or royal letters of requisition.
Eric J. Goldberg
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Nicaea, Constantine, and Gender
Abstract The canons of the Council of Nicaea appear to confirm what some might consider today to be stereotypical views of gender identity. However, according to Philostorgius, a Christian church historian of Late Antiquity, Constantine's stepsister Constantia played an influential role in the decisions of some sceptical key players to sign the creed ...
Martin Illert
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ABSTRACT The Lake Volvi area, part of the region of Macedonia (northern Greece), is a biodiversity hotspot, located in the central part of a major communication corridor connecting the western and eastern parts of the Balkans. The sediment succession from Lake Volvi is investigated here to provide a unique high‐resolution pollen and geochemical record ...
Lucrezia Masci +14 more
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Mobility and migration in Byzantium: who gets to tell the story? [PDF]
Rapp C.
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Once again on the Empress Zoe: Women, dermatology, cosmetics, and materia medica (medical matter) in the ancient world. [PDF]
Cilione M, Cavarra B, Gazzaniga V.
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THE HISTORY OF DENTAL MEDICINE IN OSIJEK. [PDF]
Volarić N, Jakab J, Včev A.
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The provincial aristocracy in Byzantine Asia Minor: 1081 - 1261
The aim of this thesis is to investigate the power basis of the provincial aristocracy in Byzantine Asia Minor between 1081 and 1261. Following an introductory chapter and another chapter setting the historical background, the two main chapters of the thesis explore, respectively, the political and the economic means of aristocratic power during the ...
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Microorganisms as Shapers of Human Civilization, from Pandemics to Even Our Genomes: Villains or Friends? A Historical Approach. [PDF]
Rodríguez-Frías F +6 more
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