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Theodor Steinbüchel's Great Figures of Christian Humanism
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Theodor Steinbüchel (1888–1949) offers a study of eight figures in Western history who may be regarded as gestalts of Christian Humanism. He argued that none of these eight figures will ever return in the same way, but since there was an eternal conception of Christianity to which their ethos gave human form, each of these gestalts can be ...
Tracey Rowland
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Chivalry in Gawain and the Green Knight [PDF]
, 2011 Written in a Cheshire dialect, the fourteenth century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight tells a tale in the style of a romance of King Arthur’s Court when Camelot is in its infancy and what happens when Sir Gawain accepts a challenge from a mysterious
Mackley, J S
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Revista de Poética Medieval, 2012 Resumen: Los hechos de armas constituyen el contenido temático esencial de la materia caballeresca en sus diferentes especies genéricas, junto con las maravillas, los viajes y el amor cortés.
José Ramón Trujillo Martínez
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‘I'm Dead!’: Action, Homicide and Denied Catharsis in Early Modern Spanish Drama
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract In early modern Spanish drama, the expression ‘¡Muerto soy!’ (‘I'm dead!’) is commonly used to indicate a literal death or to figuratively express a character's extreme fear or passion. Recent studies, even one collection published under the title of ‘¡Muerto soy!’, have paid scant attention to the phrase in context, a serious omission when ...
Ted Bergman
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The DoD Law of War Manual and its Critics: Some Observations [PDF]
, 2014 The U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) new Law of War Manual has generated serious debate about its treatment of a variety of issues including human shields, the status of journalists, cyber operations, the precautions to be taken prior to attacks and ...
Dahlgren, Christoffer, Grahn, Sebastian
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Baltic Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture, 2016 David Lodge’s novel Small World (1984) builds on a wide range of literary allusions, most notably on allusions to medieval and modern versions of the Grail quest and Arthurian literature. Using the methodology of historically informed literary criticism,
Anastasija Ropa
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Tirant, 2018 RESUMEN Este artículo analiza cómo la forma de percibir al perfecto cortesano deriva de la caballería y de su ideología, a pesar de que determinados grupos sociales pretendieran aislarlo de la nobleza.
José Julio Martín Romero
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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Pedro de Ayala served as a diplomat for King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile at the courts of Henry VII, King of England, and James IV, King of Scots. In July 1498, he wrote a letter, partly in cipher, to report to his king and queen on such matters as Spain's interests in international diplomacy; the characters and ...
Adrian William Jaime +2 more
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Alfred Marshall’s Puzzles. Between Economics as a Positive Science and Economic Chivalry [PDF]
, 2015 Alfred Marshall’s approach to economics hides a paradox. On one hand, the ‘father’ of neoclassical economics strongly favoured conducting economics as a positive science.
Dzionek-Kozłowska, Joanna
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Cuadernos de Investigación Filológica, 2013 The anonymous story of "Don Polindo" has been published during the period of expansion of the chivalry gen re. The book had little publishing chances, however it proved to be interesting from the point of view of the remake of preexisting chivalry ...
María Carmen Marín Pina
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