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Ascetics, slaves, and necessity in Late Antiquity: renouncing all wealth, but for a single slave
Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.Slave owners in Late Antiquity viewed the possession of at least one slave to be a necessity and a defining mark that distinguished the dignified social classes from the poor. Ascetics who shared this perspective faced a choice when renouncing all worldly possessions in pursuit of spiritual perfection, one not merely about luxury, but also about status
E.T. Dailey, Justin Pigott
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More Science Than Art: The First Botanical Garden in Portugal (c. 1650)
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Gabriel Grisley, a German physician, came to Portugal and founded a garden near the Xabregas River in Lisbon, during the 1610s under the Spanish kings' rule. In view of the utility a botanic garden represented for the kingdom, he was able to obtain a royal privilege from King João IV during the Restauration War against the Spanish (1640–1668).
Ana Duarte Rodrigues
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Olivar: Revista de Literatura y Cultura Españolas, 2014 El manuscrito P (Biblioteca Nacional de Francia) del Libro del cavallero Zifar es un códice de fines del siglo XV que, debido a las cerca de 240 ilustraciones que contiene, permite apreciar la dinámica particular de producción y recepción de aquellos ...
Carina Zubillaga
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“Mui longe vai seu saber”: estudios medievales hispánicos en homenaje a Joseph T. Snow
Olivar: Revista de Literatura y Cultura Españolas, 2023 Presentación
Gimena del Rio Riande, Santiago Disalvo
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The Reading Teacher, Volume 80, Issue 3, November/December 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines how one second‐grade dual‐language teacher supported translanguaging during interactive read‐alouds and literacy discussions while working in a district that emphasized the use of separate languages. Drawing on classroom observations, interviews, and field notes, we illustrate how the teacher encouraged students to use ...
Gilberto P. Lara, María G. Leija
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'Digital Narratives of COVID-19': A Twitter Dataset for Text Analysis in Spanish
Journal of Open Humanities Data, 2021 'Digital Narratives of COVID-19' (DHCovid) offers a curated Twitter corpus of digital conversations about the Coronavirus pandemic. The dataset is collected through a script via Twitter’s Application Programming Interface (API) starting on April 24th ...
Susanna Allés-Torrent +4 more
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The Contention of Care: A Latin American Perspective
Bulletin of Latin American Research, Volume 45, Issue 4, October 2026.ABSTRACT In the current global political landscape, characterised by increasing polarisation and a rise in far‐right conservative governments, ‘care’ has become a contested field. In particular, the decline in birth rates has catalysed conservative discourse advocating a return to ‘traditional’ values around the world.
Belén Villegas Plá
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Prevalence of traded bird species in key biodiversity areas
Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 5, October 2026.Abstract The use and trade of biodiversity involve tens of thousands of species that are exploited at a range of scales, intensities, and degrees of sustainability. As a result, some are highly threatened. Key biodiversity areas (KBAs) are sites of significance for the persistence of biodiversity identified nationally based on standardized criteria ...
Oscar Morton +4 more
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La Edad Media en el arte postal franquista: de la Guerra Civil a la “Transición”
Olivar: Revista de Literatura y Cultura Españolas, 2014 Throughout the vast history of Spain, the symbols belonging to the "Castilian Heroic Age" (since the appointment of the Judges until the Cid´s heroic deed) have been used politically with various senses.
Pablo Enrique Saracino
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Framings of Intervention in Spain: From the Civil War to the Franco Dictatorship
History, Volume 111, Issue 397, Page 610-625, September 2026.Abstract Despite the role of foreign intervention in the Spanish Civil War, the word intervención rarely appeared in contemporary media and official discourse. This article examines the expressions that Republican and rebel authorities used to represent the presence of outside forces in Spain.
Marta Costa Costa
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