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The English Catholic issue, 1640-1662: factionalism, perceptions and exploitation
, 2010 PhDThis thesis explores the responses of different groups within the English Catholic community to the civil war, interregnum and restoration, with close attention to Catholic political theory.
Tompkins, Alexandra Kate
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De Stupro: First Insights on Rape and Its Prosecution in Maltese Courts (1701–10)
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.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, EarlyView.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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Reviving the past : eighteenth-century evangelical interpretations of church history
, 2009 This study addresses eighteenth-century English-speaking evangelicals' understandings of church history, through the lens of published attempts to represent preceding Christian centuries panoramically or comprehensively.
Schmidt, Darren W.
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Commercial treaties and political transformation in Sulu and Southeast Asian littorals, c. 1830–1840
Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This article re‐examines an economic treaty concluded between Spain and the Sulu Sultanate in 1836. Analysing the Tausug (Jawi) and Spanish treaty versions alongside archival sources from Spain, the Philippines, and England, it traces the impact of indigenous agency beyond the formal signatories on economic and political transformations ...
Eleonora Poggio +2 more
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Theoretical base to antique history in work Walter Moyle (1672–1721)
RUDN Journal of World History, 2012 Reasons of the address are considered at article to antique themes, political and theoretical bases of the interpretations to antique history at the end XVII – begin XVIII age, on base of the analysis of the works English historian Walter Moyle.
N A Yasnitsky
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ViaticaThe English maritime expansion was late compared to the Iberian nations. For its information and as a support for political reflection, it drew heavily on Hispanic literature (compilations of travels and conquests, translated into English).
Louise Bénat-Tachot
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Women's land ownership in Victoria, 1880–1930: Contributions to a fuller picture
Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Responding to calls for more research on Australian women's property ownership this article draws on underutilised shire rate books. The data challenge stubborn historiographical assumptions that women's land ownership in federation‐era Victoria was insignificant.
Kathryn M. Hunter
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A Matter of Opinion: Stance Taking in Late Modern English Historiography
, 2017 This contribution is a preliminary study in historical pragmatics, aiming to discuss the main strategies employed in CHET for the expression of stance in relation to events and people.
DOSSENA, Marina (ORCID:0000-0002-8025-6086)
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The Image of Czechoslovakia in Contemporary English-Language Historiography
, 2017 This study analyzes the treatment of Czechoslovak history by historians writing in English during the past two decades, with the emphasis on political history as an axis of contemporary history.
Smetana, Vít
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