The ecclesiastical fight against storm‐makers in the Latin west
This paper studies the strategies used by the Church to fight against the storm‐makers. These figures were said to cause the storms that ruined crops, and during Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages in the Visigothic and Frankish kingdoms were subject to punishment and constraints.
Juan Antonio Jiménez Sánchez
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Understanding the presence of military priests conducting military soul care in the Swedish armed forces: a medical sociological perspective. [PDF]
Grimell J.
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The Sword and the Steeple: A History of Church Property Disputes and an Analysis of Falls Church v. Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States [PDF]
Osborne, M. Steven
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The status of thegn in late Anglo‐Saxon England
This article considers how the term ‘thegn’ was used in tenth‐ and eleventh‐century England. Although commonly thought to indicate members of a face‐to‐face service aristocracy with specific attributes, it has resisted close definition. Examination of references to anonymous thegns in administrative and legal texts suggests that the people meant were ...
Richard Purkiss
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Christian, Providential, and Ecclesiastical: Graphing Christian Perspectives on History
Paul Otto
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Abstract In the Jaru community of northern Western Australia, certain in‐laws and relatives are categorized as being in a highly respectful relationship in which they are expected to pay deference to one another. This conversation‐analytic study closely examines the deferential practices that are used among three Jaru siblings in an ordinary multi ...
Josua Dahmen
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On the history of abortion from antiquity to the present day, with a focus on Central Europe and Germany. [PDF]
Dienerowitz FM, David M.
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Book Review: II.—Church History: Manual of Early Ecclesiastical History to 476 A. D.
W. J. McGlothlin
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Contested heritage landscapes for Arabic language learning in a postcolonial France
Abstract This article analyzes the contested and multiple meanings of “heritage” that emerge for advanced Arabic language learners in a postcolonial France. A linguistic life histories approach reveals a fraught duality of privileged access and exclusionary adversity for heritage students of Arabic.
Chantal Tetreault +2 more
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