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Journal of Religious History, Volume 47, Issue 3, Page 469-485, September 2023., 2023 This article examines the evolution and transformation of female religious life in Spain under Franco's regime, which began after the Spanish Civil War in 1939 and ended with the dictator's death in 1975. During the dictatorship, the public stance towards Catholicism made consecrated religious life one of the potential social undertakings for women at ...
Verónica García‐Martín
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Journal of Religious History, Volume 45, Issue 4, Page 582-602, December 2021., 2021 The Francoist state, in collusion with the Church, tried to domesticate women's bodies and encode dressing patterns in accordance with Catholic moral doctrine. This article interrogates the normative notion of femininity in Francoism, focusing on ecclesiastical discourse and Catholic dress code. The Church dictated dressing norms, and the Franco regime
Uxía Otero‐González
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Journal of Religious History, Volume 45, Issue 4, Page 623-643, December 2021., 2021 This article aims to study the history of the Centres for the Promotion of Women in relation to the changing religious and gender identities of Spanish women. The first centre was founded by the lay organisation Catholic Action Women in 1959 and similar centres quickly spread across the country, giving access to basic education to many women from a ...
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A Donatello for Rome, a Memling for Florence. The maritime transports of the Sermattei of Florence†
Renaissance Studies, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 658-674, September 2021., 2021 Abstract This article deals with the maritime transports of a little known but not unimportant Florentine merchant family. On the basis of previously unknown archival source material, we address questions of family history, mercantile networks, maritime trade connections, and merchandise (including some famous artworks), shedding new light not only on ...
Tobias Daniels, Arnold Esch
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History, Volume 105, Issue 367, Page 691-715, October 2020., 2020 Abstract This article marks the 700th anniversary of the canonisation of St Thomas de Cantilupe, bishop of Hereford (1275‐82, canonised 1320), by providing a comprehensive overview of the extant fourteenth‐century miracle collection, Oxford, Exeter College, MS 158, with reference to a contemporary copy in Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat ...
IAN L. BASS
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Incense in medicine: an early medieval perspective
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 219-255, May 2020., 2020 The production, use, and meaning of incense represent relatively untapped areas of study within early medieval history. In this article, I present evidence for the medical use of incense in the Carolingian world. Using a sample of eighth‐ and ninth‐century manuscripts, I analyse incense recipes, investigating their contexts and ingredients, as well as ...
Claire Burridge
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LA FUNDAMENTACIÓN DE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS EN LA ETNIA FANG. EL CASO DE GUINEA ECUATORIAL
Revista Internacional de Pensamiento Político, 2018 El presente artículo trata refutar dos discursos aparentemente opuestos. El de ciertos occidentales que no ven la posibilidad de llevar a África la cultura de los Derechos Humanos y la Democracia, por ser conceptos de la Filosofía occidental; y, el ...
Jesús Rafael Edu Eyama Achama
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Journal of Religious History, Volume 50, Issue 2, Page 147-162, June 2026.Christian missions have been integral to the making of the modern world. Unsurprisingly, the rise of global history over the past two decades has been accompanied by a growing historiography of Christian missions. Yet several key milestones and dynamics in mission history remain insufficiently explored. The first aim of this article is to shed light on
Sante Lesti
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The ecclesiastical fight against storm‐makers in the Latin west
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 275-298, May 2026.This paper studies the strategies used by the Church to fight against the storm‐makers. These figures were said to cause the storms that ruined crops, and during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages in the Visigothic and Frankish kingdoms were subject to punishment and constraints.
Juan Antonio Jiménez Sánchez
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Hispania Sacra, 2011 El artículo analiza los cambios políticos y administrativos llevados a cabo en la Diócesis de Nicaragua y Costa Rica a partir de las reformas planteadas por la corona borbónica. También analizaremos el periodo anterior y posterior a la independencia.
María Carmela Velázquez Bonilla
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