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What Does Intarsia Say? Materiality and Spirituality in the Urbino Studiolo☆
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Upon entering the Urbino studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro, the visitor is struck by a material‐charged environment. Surprisingly, only a few scholars have addressed one prominent aspect of the decorative scheme, namely, the feature of intarsia as a medium. Even so, it remains on the sidelines of the discussion.
Matan Aviel
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The Comic Image of the Courtly Love Ideals in Le Morte D’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory [PDF]
, 2014 The Arthurian legends have fascinated and inspired people for ages. Le Morte D’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory is one of the best compilations of the stories about King Arthur and his peers.
Mrówka, Aleksandra
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Jorge Luis Borges' Medieval Aesthetics of Failure
Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Irina Dumitrescu
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Contested Memories in Stone: The Memorial Landscape of Waterloo Battlefield
Area, Volume 58, Issue 2, June 2026.Short Abstract This article examines the Waterloo battlefield as a spatially contested memorial landscape shaped by competing national and transnational narratives. Through GIS mapping and inscription analysis, it demonstrates how spatial arrangements and commemorative rhetoric reproduce different narratives while enabling grassroots actors ...
Bowen Chai
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The Muscular Christian as Schoolmarm [PDF]
, 1992 In 1859 the Saturday Review was one of the first journals to associate Charles Kingsley with a younger generation of writers of fiction who fostered the sentiment that power of character in all its shapes goes with goodness.
Hawley, John C.
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Theatres of Indirectness: Passive Aggression and Failure
Critical Quarterly, EarlyView.
Sara Crangle, Sam Ladkin
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The development of ambivalent sexism: Proposals for an expanded model
British Journal of Developmental Psychology, Volume 44, Issue 2, Page 281-299, June 2026.Abstract The United Nations' Goals for Sustainable Development highlight gender inequality as a pervasive problem around the world. Developmental psychologists can help us understand the development and consequences of sexism in people's lives. I highlight ambivalent sexism theory as a promising framework for this work; and I offer recommendations for ...
Campbell Leaper
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Physical education as Olympic education [PDF]
, 1998 Introduction In a recent paper (Parry, 1998, p. 64), I argued that the justification of PE activities lies in their capacity to facilitate the development of certain human excellences of a valued kind.
Benn, P. +26 more
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Fiers destriers : images du cheval de guerre au Moyen Âge
In Situ, 2015 Trusty steeds, images of warhorses in the Middle ages. The destrier was the knight’s war and tournament horse. Yet we would know almost nothing about this horse in the Middle Ages without the numerous representations that make this type of animal an ...
Marina Viallon
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From Everyman to Hamlet: A Distant Reading
Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 378-443, June 2026.Abstract The sixteenth century sees English drama move from Everyman to Hamlet: from religious to secular subject matter and from personified abstractions to characters bearing proper names. Most modern scholarship has explained this transformation in terms originating in the work of Jacob Burckhardt: concern with religion and a taste for ...
Vladimir Brljak
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