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“Neither Orthodox Nor Enlightened:” Dorothy Sayers and Classical Education in America
New England Classical Journal, 2023 In 1947, accomplished author and intellectual Dorothy Leigh Sayers shared her unorthodox views on education with an audience at Oxford University. The concerns she expressed about the failings of modern schooling and her proposed remedy would catalyze ...
Jessica Richardi
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Arcangelo Ghisleri and the “Right to Barbarity”: Geography and Anti-colonialism in Italy in the Age of Empire (1875-1914) [PDF]
, 2015 International audienceThis paper addresses the work of early critics of colonialism and Eurocentrism within Italian geography in the Age of Empire. At that time, a minority but rather influent group of Italian scholars, influenced by the international ...
Ferretti, Federico
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Fulham 878–79: a new consideration of Viking manoeuvres [PDF]
, 2012 This paper uses evidence from a variety of disciplines in order to re-evaluate an apparently enigmatic event reported in several early sources – the landing of a Viking force at Fulham in 878.
Baker, John, Brookes, Stuart
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American Ethnologist, Volume 46, Issue 3, Page 313-327, August 2019., 2019 In the northern Judean hills of the West Bank, winemaker Fadi Batarseh points across the Cremisan Valley at the Israeli settlement Har Gilo, about five kilometers south of Jerusalem and two kilometers west of Bethlehem. (Daniel Monterescu and Ariel Handel, 2017). ABSTRACT Israel/Palestine is a site of bitter struggle over definitions of indigeneity and
DANIEL MONTERESCU, ARIEL HANDEL
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Mapping Language: Names, Speakers and Voices
Area, Volume 58, Issue 2, June 2026.Short Abstract In this conversational piece, we reflect on our experience of working with and on maps and map‐makers that have shaped linguistic conventions and ideas, suggesting geographers have much to contribute by engaging with such mapping. It illuminates how maps rendered the unpredictable geography of speakers and the naming of places as ...
Beth Williamson, Philip Jagessar
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Landscape and warfare in Anglo‐Saxon England and the Viking campaign of 1006
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 23, Issue 3, Page 329-359, August 2015., 2015 This paper outlines the state of research into early medieval conflict landscapes in England and sets out a theoretical and methodological basis for the sustained and systematic investigation of battlefield toponymy and topography. The hypothesis is advanced that certain types of place were considered particularly appropriate for the performance of ...
Thomas J.T. Williams
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The names of the town and villages of Gozo (Malta) [PDF]
, 2010 The Maltese islands have been dominated by various rulers who left an imprint on the life, customs, and language of the inhabitants. This is evident also in the toponymy of the archipelago.
Zammit Ciantar, Joe
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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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Mills and society in early medieval northern Italy
Early 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
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“The Withdrawn Sea” Urbanistic Paradigm of Mediterranean Cities: Role/Meaning/Function [PDF]
, 2012 The forces governing the “rights” and the conflicting interests of the earth and the sea in the relationship between gea and thalassa is an age-old conflict: a physical and literary topos mediated by a lingua franca, made of stone and of different ...
Maahsen-Milan, Andreina
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