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Gender &History, EarlyView.Abstract The ‘widow’ is a gendered, socially contingent category. Women who experienced spousal bereavement in the early middle ages faced various socio‐economic and legal ramifications; the ‘widow’ was further a rhetorical figure with a defined emotional register. The widower is, by contrast, an anachronistic category.
Ingrid Rembold
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Geographical differences for Sheep and Goat in the early Medieval Period
Fauna Norvegica, 1991 A medieval bone material of lesser livestock (sheep and goat) from Oslo and Trondheim is compared by means of discriminant analysis. Metacarpals and metatarsals were included in the study and four measurements of bone size were used.
Rolf W. Lie, Rolv T. Lie
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Social capital and collusion: the case of merchant guilds [PDF]
, 2003 Merchant guilds have been portrayed as ‘social networks’ that generated beneficial ‘social capital’ by sustaining shared norms, effectively transmitting information, and successfully undertaking collective action.
Dessì, R, Ogilvie, S
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Gender &History, EarlyView.Abstract Past studies of prostitution have mislabelled Mexican women as prostitutes when it is not clear that they had engaged in transactional sex. Here, we examine the history of prostitution between 1750 and 1865, detailing both legal frameworks and judicial evidence to address the reasons for the inflation of prostitution's presence in Mexico ...
Nora E. Jaffary, Luis Londoño
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The Conservation of Early Post-Medieval Period Coins Found in Estonia
Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies, 2013 This article deals with archaeological find material with a low silver content and the problems of conserving such material. The aim of the research was to find the most suitable method for the conservation of poorly preserved early post-medieval period ...
Aive Viljus, Mart Viljus
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Compassionate capitalism: Lessons from medieval Cambridge [PDF]
, 2017 Idea of pursuing competitiveness while promoting the common good began as early as the medieval period, write Catherine Casson, Mark Casson, John Lee, and Katie ...
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What About Eco‐Populism? A Neglected Historical Tradition
Constellations, EarlyView.
Federico Tarragoni
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Faithful men and false women: Love‐suicide in early modern English popular print
Gender &History, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores the representation of suicide committed for love in English popular print in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. It shows how, within ballads and pamphlets, suicide resulting from failed courtship was often portrayed as romantic and an expression of devotion.
Imogen Knox
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Počátky mladohradištních pohřebišť na Moravě [PDF]
, 2010 Na základě analýzy horizontální stratigrafie raně středověkých pohřebišť Dolní Věstonice, Holubice a Prušánky 2 autor posunuje počátky mladohradištního pohřbívání až do 1. čtvrtiny 11.
Ungerman Šimon
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Civility, honour and male aggression in early modern English jestbooks
Gender &History, EarlyView.Abstract This article discusses the comical representation of inter‐male violence within early modern English jestbooks. It is based on a rigorous survey of the genre, picking out common themes and anecdotes, as well as discussing their reception and sociable functions. Previous scholarship has focused on patriarchs, subversive youths and impoliteness.
Tim Somers
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