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The Iliad’s big swoon: a case of innovation within the epic tradition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
In book 5 of the Iliad Sarpedon suffers so greatly from a wound that his ‘‘ψυχή leaves him’. Rather than dying, however, Sarpedon lives to fight another day.
Aceti C.   +14 more
core   +1 more source

Le Jeu de la Hache: A Critical edition and dating discussion

open access: yesActa Periodica Duellatorum, 2017
Twenty-six years after the first edition and translation by Sydney Anglo in 1991 of the anonymous manuscript Le Jeu de la hache , many elements can still be significantly improved.
Dupuis Olivier, Deluz Vincent
doaj   +1 more source

Libro del exercicio de las armas: A New Pietro Monte Manuscript

open access: yesActa Periodica Duellatorum, 2019
The works of Pietro Monte had been forgotten for many centuries, and only recently have their merits been recognised again. This research note presents a newly discovered manuscript, the Libro del exercicio de las armas, a 19th century copy of the ...
Ortiz Manuel Valle
doaj   +1 more source

István, a király: Rock-Opera As an Expression of Hungarian National Identity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The movie Istvàn, a kiràly presents themes which are not only universal, but also crucial for the process of building Hungarian national identity, such as the myth of origin, the insoluble conflict between the past and present, Christianity, and the ...
Wąsowicz, Magdalena
core   +2 more sources

“Your Kung Fu is very good, Master Fiore!” Asian and European fight books in comparison

open access: yesActa Periodica Duellatorum, 2016
The phenomenon of the fight book is not restricted to the European tradition. Similar artefacts, usually combining text and image to describe the techniques of close quarter combat with and without weapons, exist also in various Asian cultures, in China,
Wetzler Sixt
doaj   +3 more sources

Finding justice in the food movements

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2023
First paragraph: Justin Sean Myers’ Growing Gardens, Building Power: Food Justice and Urban Agriculture in Brooklyn docu­ments the emergence and development of urban agriculture in East New York.
Xiaoya Yuan
doaj   +1 more source

Fight books in comparative perspective. An introduction

open access: yesActa Periodica Duellatorum, 2020
From the famous wrestling scenes of the Beni Hasan cemetery in Egypt to self-defence manuals of the globalised martial arts world of the twenty-first century: the depiction and description of body techniques of combat is a phenomenon that can be ...
Daniel Jaquet, Sixt Wetzler
doaj   +1 more source

Reaching Excellence: Staff Weapon Typologies, Contexts, and Fighting Techniques in the Collectanea of Pietro Monte

open access: yesActa Periodica Duellatorum, 2019
The sixteenth-century Collectanea of the condottiero Pietro Monte contains some of the most thorough writings that exist pertaining to the use of staff weapons.
Deacon Jacob Henry   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

BOOK REVIEW OF FIGHT CLUB WRITTEN BY CHUCK PALAHNIUK [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The main purpose of this writing is to review Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk. The writer will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of this novel . The writer decided to choose Fight Club as final project because it is his favorite novel.
Nugroho , Adityo Widhi
core   +1 more source

Building a Framework for Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare in the Rheumatology Context: Content and Approaches

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
People with systemic autoimmune and rheumatic diseases (SARDs) are at higher risk than the general population of experiencing adverse pregnancy and perinatal outcomes such as preeclampsia, intrauterine growth restriction, and maternal and/or fetal death.
Mehret Birru Talabi, Sonya Borrero
wiley   +1 more source

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