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Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 1, Page 168-199, March 2026.Abstract This study investigates the lexicographical potential of Medieval Latin documentation from the Venetian area of the Italo‐Romance domain, highlighting the need for a systematic approach to bridge Latin and vernacular linguistic developments. The project MEDITA – Medieval Latin Documentation and Digital Italo‐Romance Lexicography.
Jacopo Gesiot
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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 +1 more
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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
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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
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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
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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 +1 more
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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
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(Re)purposing cadasters: When ecclesiastical archives advocate for Indigenous land rights
Canadian Geographer / Le géographe canadien, Volume 68, Issue 3, Page 306-322, Autumn / automne 2024.Abstract This paper reflects on the potential and limits of repatriating state‐sanctioned historical materials and repurposing them as “counter‐archives” for Indigenous communities. This proposal aligns itself with the epistemic shift in archival studies which promotes a processual approach to archiving (archive‐as‐subject) rather than an extractive ...
Léa Denieul‐Pinsky
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Rent–wage inequality in Mexico City, 1770–1930
The Economic History Review, Volume 77, Issue 3, Page 1035-1056, August 2024.Abstract This article traces trends of income inequality in Mexico City from 1770 to 1930 by measuring the gaps between urban real estate rents and unskilled wages. The article presents the first long‐term series of real estate values and rental income for Mexico.
Amílcar E. Challú +2 more
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Eco-health assessment law and policy in the Americas : legal policy brief
, 2010 In ARCHIV 132828The table of contents for this item can be shared with the requester. The requester may then choose one chapter, up to 10% of the item, as per the Fair Dealing provision of the Canadian Copyright ActThe project consortium of fifteen ...
Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL)
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