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Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 124, Issue 1, Page 168-199, March 2026.Abstract This study investigates the lexicographical potential of Medieval Latin documentation from the Venetian area of the Italo‐Romance domain, highlighting the need for a systematic approach to bridge Latin and vernacular linguistic developments. The project MEDITA – Medieval Latin Documentation and Digital Italo‐Romance Lexicography.
Jacopo Gesiot
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Civility, honour and male aggression in early modern English jestbooks
Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 1, Page 70-85, March 2026.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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Poules et poulets entre métaphores et realia dans la prédication et les exempla du Moyen Âge
Revue d'ethnoécologie, 2017 Thanks to a chosen corpus of sermons and exempla from the 13th century to the 15th century, we will be able to catch the imaginary linked to the hen, to compare it with other birds, to observe its setting in a social context near to realia.
Marie Anne Polo de Beaulieu
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Museum Anthropology, Volume 49, Issue 1, Spring 2026.ABSTRACT This work reflects on the presence of a desacralized Buddha statue in the Museum of Chinese Art and Ethnography, established in Parma, Italy, in 1901 by Xaverian missionaries. The Buddha's hollowed back is a potent trace of the transnational interactions between these Roman Catholic missionaries and folk believers from the Henan region ...
Valentina Gamberi
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HISTOReLo: Revista de Historia Regional y Local, 2010 El presente ensayo interpreta el uso de exemplas alrededor de la figura del diablo en la localidad de Pácora (Departamento de Caldas) durante las primeras décadas del siglo XX.
Alberto Isaza Gil
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Renaissance Studies, Volume 39, Issue 5, Page 612-631, November 2025.Abstract In early modern England, as part of a broader interrogation of exemplarity, full‐scale works on the Trojan War often subjected the myth’s heroes to humorous scrutiny, whereas the heroines remained surprisingly untouched by comedy. Testifying to the war’s calamities already in antiquity, in the early modern period, the myth’s women acquired a ...
Evgeniia Ganberg
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How to Communicate Lateran IV in 13th Century Ireland: Lessons from the Liber Exemplorum (c.1275)
Religions, 2018 The Liber Exemplorum, a collection of preachers’ tales, was compiled c.1275 by an English Franciscan working in Ireland, and is the earliest Franciscan example of its type.
Salvador Ryan, Anthony Shanahan
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Wolff's Theory of Consciousness, Re‐Examined
European Journal of Philosophy, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 871-889, September 2025.Abstract In this article, I develop a new account of Wolff's theory of consciousness. In contrast to the received view, I argue that Wolff's texts can be better made sense of by reading ‘perception’ and ‘apperception’ as two radically different acts, each one accounting for radically different aspects of the consciousness of an object and both ...
Lorenzo Sala
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STOICISM AND WAR WOUNDS: MUCIUS SCAEVOLA, SERGIUS SILUS AND QUINTUS SERTORIUS
Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2019 Soldiers sustaining battle wounds was both an historical reality as a popular literary theme in the Late Republic and the Early Empire. Battle scars were often instrumentalised as tokens of bravery on the battlefield and equated with military honours ...
Korneel Van Lommel
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Milton's Florentine Encomiast, Antonio Francini: New Evidence
Milton Quarterly, EarlyView.
Estelle Haan
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