A Normal(ised) Far‐Right Party? A Long‐Term Perspective on the FPÖ's Electoral Strength in Austria
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) has been a pioneer of ‘populism’ in Europe. In the 2024 general election, for the first time, it became the party which attracted the most votes. What explains the FPÖ's major role in Austrian politics and its quick resurgence after the infamous ‘Ibiza‐gate’ scandal?
Manès Weisskircher
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Fixing the ‘Polycrisis’ in Local Government Finance: the Limits of More Incremental Reform
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Amid financial pressure and distress on an unprecedented scale and scope, the National Audit Office has made another telling contribution to understanding the current ‘polycrisis’ in local government finance in England. Its analysis feeds into the wider debate about the Starmer government's agenda of seeking dividends from combining devolution,
Andy Pike
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Romance Loans in Middle Dutch and Middle English: Retained or Lost? A Matter of Metre1
Transactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.Abstract Romance words have been borrowed into all medieval West‐Germanic languages. Modern cognates show that the metrical patterns of loans can differ although the Germanic words remain constant: loan words Dutch kolónie, English cólony, German Koloníe compared with Germanic words Dutch wéduwe, English wídow, German Wítwe.
Johanneke Sytsema, Aditi Lahiri
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Van privileges tot republiek: Evolutie van de taal van de Opstand. Een woordenboek / From the Privileges to the Republic: the Evolution of the Language of the Dutch Revolt. A Dictionary [PDF]
, 2015 Rafał Szmytka
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The King's Evil Without the King: The Royal Touch during the Interregnum
Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.This article examines how far, and in what ways, the traditional belief that English monarchs could cure scrofula (the “King's Evil”) by royal touch survived during the eleven years of the Interregnum (1649–1660). Charles I had been executed and the monarchy abolished, and Charles II was in exile for the vast majority of this period. It might seem that
David L. Smith
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The Frigid Golden Age: Climate Change, the Little Ice Age, and the Dutch Republic, 1560-1720
, 2018 Dagomar Degroot
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The literature of the Arminian controversy. Religion, politics, and the stage in the Dutch Republic. By Freya Sierhuis . Pp. xi + 294 incl. 14 ills. New York–Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. £60. 978 0 19 874973 8 [PDF]
, 2017 David Onnekink
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The Gender of Fossil Fuels: Oil and Domestic Perils in Mandate Palestine
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores the gender dynamics behind the rise of kerosene – an oil derivative – as the main domestic fuel in Mandate Palestine. It argues that these dynamics were constitutive in determining who began to use oil, where and for what purposes, in turn demonstrating that women in Palestine were the promoters and targets of a campaign ...
Shira Pinhas
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Kristof Bilsen, director. Elephant’s Dream. 2014. 71 minutes. Lingala, French (with English, French, or Dutch subtitles). Democratic Republic of the Congo. Dalton Distribution. €15.00. [PDF]
, 2017 Ben Radley
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