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The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Brunhild: reassessing women in the Fredegar Chronicle

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, EarlyView.
Scholarly consideration of women in the seventh‐century Fredegar chronicle has long been dominated by the author’s hostility towards Brunhild, queen of Austrasia. Statistical analysis of Latin world chronicles before ad 900, however, shows that Fredegar’s representation of women was unusually high within this tradition.
Emily Quigley
wiley   +1 more source

Revisiting the Role of the Armenians in the Battle of Mantzikert

open access: yesReti Medievali Rivista, 2020
It is well known that after Romanos Diogenes’ sound defeat at Mantzikert in 1071 A.D., the Armenians founded their own principalities in Byzantine territory. Yet, their role in the battle has not been examined systematically until now.
Antonios Vratimos
doaj   +1 more source

Engineered Identity: Albanian Nationalism and the Limits of Established Nationalism Theories

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article analyses the development of Albanian nationalism as a test case for assessing the explanatory reach of three major approaches to the study of nationalism: modernist, constructivist and historical‐comparative. Rather than privileging a single theoretical framework, the article places these approaches in dialogue, treating them as ...
Alda Kushi
wiley   +1 more source

My (post‐)post‐socialism: A personal photo essay

open access: yesAnthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 1, June 2026.
Abstract The paper is a multi‐modal, autoethnographic exploration of the visual remnants of lived post‐communism in a typical block of flats neighborhood of a Romanian city. By using film and digital photography, alongside narrative reflection, the author summons memories and blends observed and lived reality with creative non‐fiction to build an ...
Oana Borlea‐Stăncioi
wiley   +1 more source

“Then So Did the General’s Lady with Great Magnificence”: the Role of Noble Women in Byzantine Provincial Military Family

open access: yesВестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2017
The article is devoted to the role of women in the families of the Byzantine provincial military nobility, in the middle of 9th – middle of 11th century. This issue remains poorly understood in historiography, and it is surely very urgent in light of the
Anton S. Mokhov, Karina R. Kapsalykova
doaj   +1 more source

Peasants into Muslims: Poverty and conversions to Islam in Ottoman Bosnia

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 2, Page 600-633, May 2026.
Abstract Whilst economic historians have invested substantial effort into understanding the economic consequences of religion, they have invested less effort into understanding the determinants of religious affiliation. The lack of knowledge about determinants of religious affiliation seems particularly striking in the case of Southeastern Europe ...
Leonard Kukić, Yasin Arslantas
wiley   +1 more source

Reconstructing post‐crisis recovery in the hinterlands of Constantinople: A high‐resolution first‐millennium CE pollen record from Lake Yeniçağa (NW Türkiye)

open access: yesJournal of Quaternary Science, Volume 41, Issue 3, Page 520-539, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Facing a novel plague pandemic, military invasions, and political–economic transformations, societies of the eastern Roman (Byzantine) empire had to adapt to a variety of pressures and new ways of exploiting their natural environments during the mid‐1st millennium CE.
Cristiano Vignola   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mills and society in early medieval northern Italy

open access: yesEarly Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 3-33, February 2026.
Drawing on the extensive documentary record of northern Italy, available archaeological evidence, and comparative case studies from early medieval Europe, this study demonstrates that mill‐based landscapes in the Po and Friuli‐Venetian plains were shaped by society as a whole.
Marco Panato
wiley   +1 more source

«The clergy who mantled by the spiritual weapons will help you by prayers»

open access: yesАнтичная древность и средние века, 2018
The paper is devoted to identifying the specifics of internal organizational methods used in the Byzantine army during the reign of the Palaeologus.
Vladimir Zolotovskiy
doaj  

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