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Gazaria / Crimea on Italian Maps from the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Century
Античная древность и средние векаThis article explores the phenomenon of generating Crimea’s standardized geographical names on the material of Latin nautical charts from the fourteenth and fifteenth century, predictive standardizing in the modern language culture.
Alexander Georgievich Emanov
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The commercialization of labour markets: Evidence from wage inequality in the Middle Ages
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper moves beyond the focus on ‘average’ wage trends in pre‐industrial economies by examining the broad diversity of pay rates and forms of remuneration across occupations and regions in medieval England. We find that whilst some workers enjoyed substantial growth in wage rates after the Black Death, there was a large group who ...
Jordan Claridge +2 more
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Early English meter as a way of thinking
Studia Metrica et Poetica, 2017 The second half of the fourteenth century saw a large uptick in the production of literature in English. This essay frames metrical variety and literary experimentation in the late fourteenth century as an opportunity for intellectual history.
Eric Weiskott
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The Acts of Eadburg: drypoint additions to Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Selden Supra 30
Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.In 1913, two drypoint additions were identified in Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Selden Supra 30 (SS30), an eighth‐century Southumbrian copy of the Acts of the Apostles. It was suggested that these additions, cut into the membrane of p. 47, were abbreviations of the Old English female name, Eadburg. Just over a century later, many more drypoint markings
Jessica Hendy‐Hodgkinson
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Aurum Reginae: Queen’s Gold in Late Fourteenth-Century England
Royal Studies Journal, 2020 Queen’s gold, an ancient tax on fines payable to the king, formed an important part of the medieval queen’s revenues and her rights, linking the queen’s role as an intercessor to a tangible benefit.
Louise Tingle
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The Slavonic tradition of the quaestiones ad antiochum ducem : the conflated nature of Cod. Pragensis Slav. IX F 15 [PDF]
, 2015 The late fourteenth-century Codex Pragensis slav. IX F 15 is a key witness to the textual tradition of the Slavonic Quaestiones ad Antiochum ducem as it contains an almost complete set of questions-and-answers (133 QA’s). It is argued, however, that this
De Vos, Ilse, Sels, Lara
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Translating sanctuary: Politics of solidarity in a bilingual and plurinational context
The Geographical Journal, EarlyView.Short Abstract The paper examines the significance of translating sanctuary in an officially bilingual (and multilingual in practice) national polity. By examining the different meanings of the translation of 'sanctuary' into ‘lloches’ and ‘noddfa’ in Welsh, we outline the different openings for more nuanced understandings of ‘host’/‘guest’ relations ...
Catrin Wyn Edwards, Rhys Dafydd Jones
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Price Indices Rekindled, 1970s–1990s: Theory and Practice at Cross Purposes?
Journal of Economic Surveys, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper revisits the discussions on price indices during a period marked by theoretical advancements and practical challenges in measuring inflation. Index‐number theorists sought to improve accuracy, yet national statistical offices largely maintained established practices due to concerns over data availability, stability, and public trust.
Victor Cruz‐e‐Silva, Bert M. Balk
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Cogent Social SciencesThe mausoleum-khanaka of Khoja Akhmed Yasawi in Turkestan has been actively investigated for almost 200 years. In parallel, repair and restoration work is actively underway.
Gaukhar Sadvokasova +4 more
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A fourteenth-century slate roof, excavated south of Dordrecht
Bulletin KNOB, 2011 Before the construction of a car park in 2007 a flooded medieval church with graveyard was excavated a few kilometres south of the town of Dordrecht. Part of the roof of a medieval village church emerged.
Jeroen Nipius
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