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‘In Contemplation only’: Revisiting the Debate between the Chalcedonians and Anti‐Chalcedonians on the Reality of the Natures of Christ

Modern Theology, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 490-507, July 2023., 2023
Abstract Although a theological exchange of ideas between Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Christians flourished at the end of the twentieth century, the ecumenical achievements of these discussions have been met with notable objections and critiques by theologians.
Sebastian Mateiescu
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‘I was Born in One City, but Raised in Another’: Aretino's Perugian Apprenticeship

Renaissance Studies, Volume 37, Issue 2, Page 166-191, April 2023., 2023
Abstract According to his apocrypha, Aretino was forced to flee his hometown of Arezzo after penning some anti‐papal verses. Similarly, it is claimed that he fled Perugia ten years later after painting a lute into the hands of a depiction of the Maddalena, which stood in one of the town's piazze.
William T. Rossiter
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The Early Medieval State: A Strategic‐Relational Approach

Journal of Historical Sociology, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 547-566, December 2022., 2022
Abstract The state is a contested concept in the historiography on early medieval societies. Debates have frequently revolved around its heuristic validity, but few scholars have addressed its broader theoretical implications. Those who have tend to reduce the state to its institutional features and privilege the role of the dominant groups in the ...
Álvaro Carvajal Castro, Carlos Tejerizo‐García   +1 more
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Aquinas on Evil and the Will: A response to Mackie*

New Blackfriars, Volume 102, Issue 1102, Page 997-1014, November 2021., 2021
Abstract This article argues that, without being reducible to a version of the Free Will Defence, Aquinas' theodicy and philosophical theology can offer contemporary versions of the Free Will Defence stronger metaphysical and theological foundations from which a response to Mackie's compatibilistic challenge – probably the most serious challenge ...
Facundo Rodríguez
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Building Forcello: Etruscan wattle‐and‐daub technique in the Po Plain (Bagnolo San Vito, Mantua, northern Italy)

Archaeometry, Volume 62, Issue 3, Page 521-537, June 2020., 2020
The study analyses through an interdisciplinary approach the wattle‐and‐daub building technique used on the Po Plain of northern Italy, focusing on the archaeological evidence from the Etruscan site of Forcello, near Bagnolo San Vito (Mantua) (540–375 bce).
S. Amicone, E. Croce, L. Castellano, G. Vezzoli   +3 more
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Romano Guardini and Cornelio Fabro on Kierkegaard's Christian Humanism

The Heythrop Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how Søren Kierkegaard's theological anthropology furnished resources for reconstructing Christian humanism among mid‐twentieth‐century Catholic thinkers. Focusing on Romano Guardini (1885‐1968) in Germany and Cornelio Fabro (1911‐1995) in Italy, I demonstrate how each thinker creatively appropriated Kierkegaard's ...
Joshua Furnal
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What Does Intarsia Say? Materiality and Spirituality in the Urbino Studiolo☆

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Upon entering the Urbino studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro, the visitor is struck by a material‐charged environment. Surprisingly, only a few scholars have addressed one prominent aspect of the decorative scheme, namely, the feature of intarsia as a medium. Even so, it remains on the sidelines of the discussion.
Matan Aviel
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Reading Dürer in Late Sixteenth‐Century Padua: Matteo Macigni (ca. 1510–1582), His Library and the Annotated Institutionum geometricarum (Paris, 1535)

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article contributes to the history of material culture and intellectual biography by definitively identifying the Paduan scholar Matteo Macigni (ca. 1510–1582) as the author of the annotations found in a 1535 copy of Albrecht Dürer’s Institutionum geometricarum currently preserved in Vicenza.
Laura Moretti
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More Science Than Art: The First Botanical Garden in Portugal (c. 1650)

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gabriel Grisley, a German physician, came to Portugal and founded a garden near the Xabregas River in Lisbon, during the 1610s under the Spanish kings' rule. In view of the utility a botanic garden represented for the kingdom, he was able to obtain a royal privilege from King João IV during the Restauration War against the Spanish (1640–1668).
Ana Duarte Rodrigues
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Humanism at the Council of Constance. Diego de Anaya, Classical Manuscripts and Education in Salamanca

Renaissance 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
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