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Human–Animal Comparisons: Supporting and Criticizing Female Subjugation in Renaissance Italy
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Studying gender history through an animal history lens, or vice versa, simultaneously increases our knowledge of ideas about gender and human–animal relations. This approach has particular merit for the Renaissance period, as it witnessed an upsurge in discourse about both the human–animal divide and the distinction between men and women.
Marlisa den Hartog
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The Oral Microbiome of King Richard III of England
American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 191, Issue 1, September 2026.ABSTRACT Objectives Metagenomic investigations of ancient dental calculus provide insights into oral health, disease, and diet. Here, we analyze the dental calculus metagenome of King Richard III of England (1452–1485). Materials and Methods Dental calculus DNA was extracted from three teeth of King Richard III and shotgun sequenced to a depth of ...
Irina M. Velsko +15 more
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The Dentition of the Aurignacian Mandible Les Rois 2, France: New Data and Taxonomic Reassessment
American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 191, Issue 1, September 2026.ABSTRACT Objective This study provides new dental phenotypic data on the Aurignacian mandible Les Rois 2 (southwestern France). A former study of its dental morphology concluded that its taxonomic assignment to either Homo sapiens or Homo neanderthalensis was “uncertain” and could reflect a recent Neanderthal ancestry of this specimen.
Jérôme Isle de Beauchaine +5 more
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From Custom to Court: The Evolution of Mediation in European Legal Systems
Conflict Resolution Quarterly, Volume 44, Issue 1, Page 139-152, Fall 2026.ABSTRACT This article traces how European mediation has repeatedly rebalanced three variables—(1) the source of mediator authority, (2) the degree of institutionalization, and (3) the operative meaning of voluntariness—from antiquity to the present. Using three periods—Proto‐Mediation (c. 500 BCE–c. 1750), Classical Mediation (c.
Viktoriia Hamaiunova
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Geoarchaeology, Volume 41, Issue 5, September/October 2026.ABSTRACT We present the results of geophysical surveys and LiDAR analysis of the Vallum and wider landscape at Milking Gap, on Hadrian's Wall. Magnetic gradiometry and Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) surveys were utilised to investigate the landscape context of the Vallum and provide insight into the stratigraphy of the preserved earthworks ...
Sam Bithell +2 more
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The Modern Law Review, Volume 89, Issue 5, Page 760-784, September 2026.Exemplary damages are commonly understood as public interest awards. This article explores the logical implications of understanding them in this way for a tort claimant's rights of action and settlement, and for the proper distribution of awards. One implication, it suggests, is that settlements, being compromises of public ends, should require court ...
Kit Barker
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De Stupro: First Insights on Rape and Its Prosecution in Maltese Courts (1701–10)
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 49, Issue 3, Page 265-286, September 2026.Abstract This article constitutes a first in‐depth investigation of rape and the prosecution of this crime in early eighteenth‐century Malta. The research, which is based on sixteen rape accusations claimed at the secular courts in Malta between 1701 and 1710, has analysed cases categorized as ‘simple rape’, ‘violent rape’ and rape committed under the ...
Vanessa Buhagiar
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Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Volume 49, Issue 3, Page 309-341, September 2026.Abstract The final Stuart monarch, Queen Anne, has often been overlooked in studies of visual and material culture, particularly of fashion and dress. This article is the first to undertake a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the wardrobe accounts of Queen Anne, situating her consumption within the context of the eighteenth‐century fashion ...
Sarah A. Bendall
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Meat, milk, wool and grain: The animal economy of medieval England (CE 400 to 1400). [PDF]
PLoS OneHolmes M, Orton D, Hamerow H, Thomas R.
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Anthropology of Consciousness, Volume 37, Issue 2, Fall 2026.ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
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