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Obesity and the Politics of Taddeo di Bartolo's Inferno

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines Taddeo di Bartolo's depiction of Hell in the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, the mother church of San Gimignano. In a striking departure from similar scenes of the period, the fresco, painted in the early fifteenth century, emphasizes the obesity of the sinners—suggesting a deliberate visual critique.
Stefania Roccas Gandal
wiley   +1 more source

Reading Dürer in Late Sixteenth‐Century Padua: Matteo Macigni (ca. 1510–1582), His Library and the Annotated Institutionum geometricarum (Paris, 1535)

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article contributes to the history of material culture and intellectual biography by definitively identifying the Paduan scholar Matteo Macigni (ca. 1510–1582) as the author of the annotations found in a 1535 copy of Albrecht Dürer’s Institutionum geometricarum currently preserved in Vicenza.
Laura Moretti
wiley   +1 more source

What is a Multi‐Ethnic Party and How to Spot a Fake One?

Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Multi‐ethnic parties have been variously defined: as those which do not champion the interests of, or mobilize against, any specific ethnic group; as those with a recognisably cross‐communal leadership or membership; and as those which acquire some distribution of support across groups.
Jon Fraenkel
wiley   +1 more source

Becoming legal: feminism and abortion law in 1970s Italy

Journal of Law and Society, Volume 53, Issue 2, Page 211-238, June 2026.
Abstract Conventional top‐down approaches to legal reform tend to overlook the contributions of social movements in legal change, often resulting in a gender‐blind analysis. In response, I advance ‘becoming legal’ as an analytical framework to rethink legal change in terms of a bottom‐up process encompassing informal proceedings as well as formal ...
ELENA CARUSO
wiley   +1 more source

Documenti di ultima volontà di notai nell’Italia dei secoli XII-XV. Un’introduzione

Reti Medievali Rivista
Le curatrici presentano i contributi dedicati ai documenti di ultime volontà di notai nell’Italia dei secoli XII-XV, collocandoli nel dibattito storiografico sui documenti di ultime volontà e soffermandosi sull’apporto conoscitivo dei diversi saggi.
Marta Calleri, Marta Luigina Mangini
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Contextualizing the Cappella Cesi: Sangallo, Façades, and Renaissance Collaboration

Renaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 489-506, June 2026.
Abstract This article reframes Antonio da Sangallo the Younger's oft‐overlooked cappella Cesi nave façade in Santa Maria della Pace not as an isolated design deviation but as part of a broader architectural and artistic conversation among major players in early sixteenth‐century Rome.
Alexis Culotta
wiley   +1 more source

Marxismo en el presente. Mapa de los conceptos para pensar el cambio

Tiempo Devorado, 2018
El ensayo se propone dibujar un mapa, necesariamente parcial, de algunas obras y autores que contribuyen a definir la imagen contemporánea del marxismo y el posmarxismo.
Fabrizio Capoccetti, Diego Melegari
doaj  

Merging Psychological, Social, and Rational Perspectives: A Study of the Determinants of Consumer Choices for Sustainable Furniture

Business Strategy and the Environment, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 4985-4999, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines consumer purchase intentions for a sofa produced through industrial symbiosis (IS), utilizing recycled textiles and fibers. As a high‐investment product, the IS sofa requires a significant financial commitment and involves complex decision‐making, an area less studied compared with other sustainable goods categories.
Rosa Maria Dangelico, Luca Fraccascia, Valerio Schiaroli   +2 more
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Ancient people and living nature: A global perspective on archaeological areas and biodiversity

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 5, Page 1085-1099, May 2026.
Abstract Archaeological sites are not only of cultural and historical significance but also contribute to biodiversity conservation. Often marked by limited human disturbance and distinct ecological conditions, these areas serve as important refuges for various plant and animal species, playing a vital role in global conservation efforts.
Antonio Romano, Elisa Storace, Diego Ronchi, Elisa Dalla Longa   +3 more
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Strategic materials and state capacity in Renaissance Italy: The economic policies of ‘Roman saltpetre’ procurement

The Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 2, Page 757-780, May 2026.
Abstract Demonstrating the existence of a soaring demand for strategic materials in fifteenth‐century Rome, the article pioneers research in the late medieval trade in saltpetre, the irreplaceable, rare component of gunpowder, indispensable for waging war following the diffusion of artillery technology.
Fabrizio Antonio Ansani
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