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Letters in Arabic sent from the Nasrid Court. A diplomatic analysis
Documenta & Instrumenta, 2018 This article applies Diplomatic discipline techniques to the correspondence issued from the Nasrid Granada Court and directed to Christian monarchs and Lords. For reasons of coherence and space, it focuses only on the letters written in Arabic.
Ana Labarta
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Journal of Law and Society, Volume 53, Issue 2, Page 359-383, June 2026.Abstract This article explores the role of labour law in processes of racialization and gendering of work. It argues that labour law not only protects certain forms of work (law as a protective mechanism), but also systematically excludes other forms of work, especially those performed by racialized and gendered individuals (law as a technology of ...
JULIETA LOBATO
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Witchcraft treatises in the National Library of Spain
Documenta & Instrumenta, 2018 The National Library of Spain has holdings that have yet to be explored. In its catalog alone we can find an important group of treatises attacking witchcraft in the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seven-teenth centuries. They served as guides for inquisitors,
María Jesús Zamora Calvo
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Geoarchaeology, Volume 41, Issue 3, May/June 2026.ABSTRACT A geoarcheological study of two large, stratified Indigenous pit features discovered at two Jesuit mission sites in Québec (Canada) was carried out to offer a detailed documentation of their contents and better understand their use over time. One of the pits is a 17th c.
Sarah Robert, Allison Bain, Najat Bhiry
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The caliph and the falcons: a ninth‐century history from Iceland to Iraq
Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 299-322, May 2026.In the late ninth and early tenth centuries, an extraordinary number of falcons were given to the ʿAbbāsid caliphs in Baghdad, many of which were white. Gifts from competing dynasties in the northern provinces of the Caliphate, at least some of these birds were almost certainly gyrfalcons from near the Arctic Circle.
Caitlin Ellis, Sam Ottewill‐Soulsby
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Emotion‐Focused Therapy: A Perspective From Traditional Chinese Medicine
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Volume 62, Issue 3, Summer 2026.ABSTRACT In clarifying that Spinoza is not the first person to share insights about the necessity of a contrary, strong emotion in transforming an emotion, the present article focuses on expounding this perspective as embedded in the classical texts of Chinese medicine, along with illustrative examples of emotion‐focused therapy in the historical case ...
Wan‐chi Wong
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Archaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 1, Page 120-131, February 2026.ABSTRACT With this contribution, an attempt is being made to chart the timeline of the invention of the European hard‐paste porcelain based on historical documents. They were evaluated to trace the development lines from Tschirnhaus's early experiments with burning mirrors and lenses in the 1680s to finding ‘wax porcelain’ around 1694 to the ...
Robert B. Heimann
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Franks and Friendship: Eighteenth‐Century Postal Practices in The Mary Hamilton Papers
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 48, Issue 4, Page 449-469, December 2025.Abstract Eighteenth‐century postage was comparatively expensive and usually paid for by a letter's recipient, although Members of Parliament could post free of charge by adding their signature to the address (a ‘frank’). This privilege was intended only for MPs; nevertheless, franking fraud was widespread. This article uses evidence from letters in The
Christine Wallis
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HISTORY AND THEORY AND PHILOLOGY NOW: TOGETHER IN THEORY
History and Theory, Volume 64, Issue 4, Page 12-29, December 2025.ABSTRACT In English‐speaking academe, philology has virtually disappeared as a defined discipline, although its traditional array of skills and techniques for reading, editing, and interpreting texts are indispensable to fields ranging from biblical studies through every language and literature and are central to historical research. Philology's status
Nancy Partner
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Medieval epigraphy of diocesan museum Regina Coeli (Santillana del Mar, Cantabria)
Documenta & Instrumenta, 2012 Between the funds that integrate the different collections of the Diocesan Museum “Regina Coeli”, they find several medieval inscriptions on stony supports, principally estelas and fragments of funeral tablets proceeding from necropolis or reforms ...
Alberto Peña Fernández
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