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Becoming legal: feminism and abortion law in 1970s Italy

open access: yesJournal 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

The Reformation and Brexit. History, historiography and the position of the United Kingdom in Europe

open access: yes, 2018
This article explores the use of the English Reformation as a motif in the debates about Brexit. It argues that such references, which are often highly polemic, mirror an ambiguity about the relationship between the English and the continental ...
Methuen, Charlotte
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Humanism at the Council of Constance. Diego de Anaya, Classical Manuscripts and Education in Salamanca

open access: yesRenaissance Studies, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 469-488, June 2026.
Abstract Due to their prolonged and multicultural nature, councils functioned historically as hubs for the exchange of ideas, discourse, diplomacy and rhetoric, reflecting broader cultural trends. In the Middle Ages, no international forums were comparable to ecumenical councils, where diverse and influential groups from various regions convened to ...
Federico Tavelli
wiley   +1 more source

The English Civil Wars and the Interregnum in Italian Historiography in the 17th century

open access: yes, 2006
The revolutionary events in England aroused a remarkable amount of attention in contemporary Italian historiography. There are numerous works specifically dedicated to those events and a simple list of them bears witness to this interest.
VILLANI, STEFANO
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Teaching New Religious Movements Historically: Distance, Empathy, and Cults in the Classroom

open access: yesTeaching Theology &Religion, Volume 29, Issue 1, Page 46-54, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Resistance to understanding the beliefs of modern New Religious Movements (NRMs) is well‐known to those who teach in the area. This paper builds on Eugene Gallagher's repurposing of “methodological belief” for college classes on NRMs by suggesting that scholars and teachers in the field of religious studies engage methods and content drawn ...
Douglas FitzHenry Jones
wiley   +1 more source

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