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Strategic materials and state capacity in Renaissance Italy. The economic policies of ‘Roman saltpetre’ procurement

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Demonstrating the existence of a soaring demand for strategic materials in fifteenth‐century Rome, the article pioneers research in the late medieval trade in saltpetre, the irreplaceable, rare component of gunpowder, indispensable for waging war following the diffusion of artillery technology.
Fabrizio Antonio Ansani
wiley   +1 more source

MAGIC detection of short-term variability of the high-peaked BL Lac object 1ES 0806+524 [PDF]

, 2015
The high-frequency-peaked BL Lac (HBL) 1ES 0806+524 (z = 0.138) was discovered in VHEγ rays in 2008. Until now, the broad-band spectrum of 1ES 0806+524 has been only poorly characterized, in particular at high energies.
M. C. J. Aleksi'c, S. Ansoldi, L. A. Antonelli, P. Antoranz, A. Babić, P. Bangale, J. Barrio, J. Gonz'alez, W. Bednarek, E. Bernardini, B. Biasuzzi, A. Biland, O. Blanch, S. Bonnefoy, G. Bonnoli, F. Borracci, T. Bretz, E. Carmona, A. Carosi, P. Colin, E. Colombo, J. Contreras, J. Cortina, S. Covino, P. D. Vela, F. Dazzi, A. Angelis, G. Caneva, B. Lotto, E. Wilhelmi, C. Mendez, F. Pierro, D. Prester, D. Dorner, M. Doro, S. Einecke, D. Eisenacher, D. Elsaesser, A. Fern'andez-Barral, D. Fidalgo, M. Fonseca, L. Font, K. Frantzen, C. Fruck, D. Galindo, R. L'opez, M. Garczarczyk, D. G. Terrats, M. Gaug, N. Godinovi'c, A. M. noz, S. Gozzini, D. Hadasch, Y. Hanabata, M. Hayashida, J. Herrera, J. Hose, D. Hrupec, W. Idec, V. Kadenius, H. Kellermann, M. Knoetig, K. Kodani, Y. Konno, J. Krause, H. Kubo, J. Kushida, A. Barbera, D. Lelas, N. Lewandowska, E. Lindfors, S. Lombardi, F. Longo, M. L'opez, R. L'opez-Coto, A. L'opez-Oramas, E. Lorenz, I. Lozano, M. Makariev, K. Mallot, G. Maneva, K. Mannheim, L. Maraschi, B. Marcote, M. Mariotti, M. Mart'inez, D. Mazin, U. Menzel, J. Miranda, R. Mirzoyan, A. Moralejo, P. Munar-Adrover, D. Nakajima, V. Neustroev, A. Niedźwiecki, M. Rosillo, K. Nilsson, K. Nishijima, K. Noda, R. Orito, A. Overkemping, S. Paiano, M. Palatiello, D. Paneque, R. Paoletti, J. Paredes, X. Paredes-Fortuny, M. Persic, J. Poutanen, P. Moroni, E. Prandini, I. Puljak, R. Reinthal, W. Rhode, M. Rib'o, J. Rico, J. Garcia, T. Saito, K. Saito, K. Satalecka, V. Scalzotto, V. Scapin, C. Schultz, T. Schweizer, S. Shore, A. Sillanpaa, J. Sitarek, I. Šnidarić, D. Sobczynska, A. Stamerra, T. Steinbring, M. Strzys, L. Takalo, H. Takami, F. Tavecchio, P. Temnikov, T. Terzi'c, D. Tescaro, M. Teshima, J. Thaele, D. Torres, T. Toyama, A. Treves, P. Vogler, M. Will, R. Zanin, K. Berger, S. Buson, F. D’Ammando, D. Gasparrini, T. Hovatta, W. Max-Moerbeck, A. Readhead, J. Richards, Ifae, Campus Uab, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain., U. Udine, I. Trieste, I. Udine, Italy., I. I. F. Astrophysics, I-00136 Rome, U. Siena, I. Pisa, I-53100 Siena, Croatian Magic Consortium, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, University of Rijeka, University of Split, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia., M. F. Physik, D-80805 Munchen, H Germany, U. Complutense, E. Madrid, Instituto de Astrof'isica de Canarias, E-38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, University of L'od'z, PL-90236 Lodz, Poland, D. Elektronen-Synchrotron, D. Zeuthen, E. Zurich, CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland., U. Wurzburg, D-97074 Wurzburg, Centro de Investigaciones Energ'eticas, Medioambientales y Tecnol'ogicas, Institute for Space Sciences, E. Barcelona, U. Padova, Infn, Inaf - Padova, Technische Universitat Dortmund, D. Dortmund, Unitat de F'isica de les Radiacions, Departament de F'isica, CERES-IEEC, Universitàt, U. Barcelona, Icc, IEEC-UB, E. Barcelona, Japanese Magic Consortium, Kek, D. Physics, H. Center, Kyoto University, T. University, The University of Tokushima, Icrr, T. U. O. Tokyo, Japan., Finnish Magic Consortium, T. Observatory, U. Turku, U. Oulu, Finland., Inst. for Nucl. Research, Nucl. Energy, BG-1784 Sofia, Bulgaria., U. Pisa, I. Pisa, Icrea, U. dell'Insubria, I. M. Bicocca, Como, I-22100 Como, now at Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, Usa, D. O. Astronomy, U. Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, N. C. E. P. F. D. Lausanne, Lausanne, Now at Institut fur Astro- und Teilchenphysik, L. Innsbruck, A. Innsbruck, Austria, N. Eso, Turku, also at INAF-Trieste, A. M. C. F. Astrophysics, 1290, Versoix, Astronomy, T. B. R. Institute, U. Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, INAF-IRA Bologna, V. G. 101, I-40129, Bologna, A. S. I. S. D. Center, I. Frascati, I. Roma, I. Catone, A. L. M. R. Observatory, Metsahovintie 114, FI-02540 Kylmala, Cahill Center for Astronomy, Astrophysics, C. I. O. Technology., CA Pasadena, 91125, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, 0. P.O.Box, Socorro, NM 87801, P. University, 525 Northwestern Ave, W. Lafayette, IN 47907   +282 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Shared governance as a pathway to regional cooperation and development through the ItaipuCorpus

Development Policy Review, Volume 43, Issue 6, November 2025.
Abstract Motivation Cross‐border cooperation remains a critical challenge for sustainable development in regions marked by historical rivalries, geopolitical asymmetries, and socioenvironmental vulnerabilities. The Itaipu Binacional Hydroelectric Plant, jointly governed by Brazil and Paraguay, offers a unique case for examining how shared governance ...
Júlia Souza Luiz, Marina Rodrigues Mesquita   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The far side of capitalism: Institutions and trade financing in Manila during the long eighteenth century

The Economic History Review, Volume 78, Issue 4, Page 1068-1087, November 2025.
Abstract Sustained long‐distance trade in the early modern era necessitated institutional mechanisms capable of solving three interrelated challenges: the need to mobilize an unprecedented volume of capital and to lock it in for long periods of time, ways of mitigating the principal–agent problem across continents, and methods to internalize and ...
Juan José Rivas Moreno
wiley   +1 more source

Looking beyond charters and contracts: child slavery in the narrative sources of the early Middle Ages

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

Thermodynamics of Heisenberg ferromagnets with arbitrary spin in a magnetic field [PDF]

, 2008
The thermodynamic properties (magnetization, magnetic susceptibility, transverse and longitudinal correlation lengths, and specific heat) of one- and two-dimensional ferromagnets with arbitrary spin $S$ in a magnetic field are investigated by a second ...
I. Junger, D. Ihle, L. Bogacz, W. G. I. F. T. Physik, Universitat Leipzig, Leipzig, H Germany, Department of Information Technologies, F. O. Physics, Astronomy, Applied Informatics, J. University, Krak'ow, Poland, Centre for Mathematical Sciences   +14 more
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The emergence of double entry bookkeeping

The Economic History Review, Volume 78, Issue 2, Page 499-528, May 2025.
Abstract Double entry account books of medieval Italian merchants and bankers have been extensively used as primary sources by historians of several disciplines interested in business, trade, commodities, markets, sources, prices, interest rates, exchange rates, tariffs, taxes, wages, rents, agents, networks, and many other related topics.
Alan Sangster
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Effect of Plain Terminology on Processing and Comprehension of Administrative Texts in Spanish: A Self‐Paced Reading Experiment

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 659-671, May 2025.
ABSTRACT Clear communication between government administrations and citizens is a challenge in democratic societies. Public administration texts often contain technical legal terms, essential to convey specialized knowledge with precision but often impenetrable to non‐experts.
Sabela Fernández‐Silva, Juan Antonio Núñez Cortés   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anglo–Dutch financial connections and contrasts in the late eighteenth century: The Amsterdam phase of the 1772–3 credit crisis

The Economic History Review, Volume 78, Issue 1, Page 152-178, February 2025.
Abstract We examine the Amsterdam phase of the 1772–3 financial crisis using the British experience in the same episode as comparative context. We conclude that, notwithstanding some direct exposures by Amsterdam institutions to the principals of the London crisis, the main linkage between the two outbreaks was the requirement for cash margin on loans ...
Stein Berre, Paul Kosmetatos
wiley   +1 more source

Optical and Radio variability of the Northern VHE gamma-ray emitting BL Lac objects [PDF]

, 2016
We compare the variability properties of very high energy gamma-ray emitting BL Lac objects in the optical and radio bands. We use the variability information to distinguish multiple emission components in the jet, to be used as a guidance for spectral ...
E. Observatory, D. Physics, Astronomy, U. O. E. Finland, Finnish Magic Consortium Finnish Centre of Astronomy with Eso, U. Turku, Finland., T. Hovatta, K. N. F. C. F. A. W. Eso, R. Reinthal, V. Ramazani, V. Pavlidou, W. Max-Moerbeck, J.Richards, A. Berdyugin, L. Takalo, A. Sillanpaa, A. Readhead   +17 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source