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Purificazione e salvezza negli amyetai della Nekya di Polignoto di Taso

Otium, 2017
Among great myths of antiquity, the subject of amyetai is one of the less known by literary and iconographical sources, except for a bit of Athenian black figure vases and for the allusion of Pausanias, who recognises the representation in the Nekyia of ...
Eliana Mugione
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Tudor England and Stewart Scotland Through Spanish Eyes: A Complete Transcription and Translation of Pedro de Ayala's Letter of 1498 to King Ferdinand of Castile and Queen Isabella of Aragon

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Pedro de Ayala served as a diplomat for King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile at the courts of Henry VII, King of England, and James IV, King of Scots. In July 1498, he wrote a letter, partly in cipher, to report to his king and queen on such matters as Spain's interests in international diplomacy; the characters and ...
Adrian William Jaime, Valeria Tapia Cruz, Mairi Cowan   +2 more
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The phenomenon of media violence: Historical and philosophical genesis

Ученые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки, 2017
Violence has special importance in the history of world civilization because of its ambivalent nature. That is why the entire humankind aims to have creation, harmony, liberty, but this is disrupted by destruction, disharmony, and suppression. Therefore,
M.A. Marzan
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The Ideology of History and the Limits of Cinematic Realism in Andrei Zviagintsev’s Leviathan and Nataliia Meshchaninova’s The Hope Factory

The Russian Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article brings together theories of history and filmic realism to analyze the representation of the provinces in Nataliia Meshchaninova’s The Hope Factory (Kombinat “Nadezhda,” 2014) and Andrei Zviagintsev’s Leviathan (Leviafan, 2014). It argues that these two films share a typically realist attitude of respect toward the profilmic in ...
Daria Ezerova
wiley   +1 more source

Elizabeth C. Tingle, Authority and society in Nantes during the French wars of religion, 1559-1598

Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis, 2007
Griet Vermeesch
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Leprosy and Christian conversion in twentieth-century Inhambane, Mozambique. [PDF]

Hist Cienc Saude Manguinhos
Casimiro I, Machele J.
europepmc   +1 more source

The National Transformation of the Historical Memory of Minor Jewish Holidays During the Period of Hibbat Zion

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From its very inception, the Jewish National Movement Hibbat Zion turned to the collective past to advance its goals in the present. One of their activities was to reinterpret Jewish holidays and festivals, especially those that did not take a central place in the Jewish calendar.
Asaf Yedidya
wiley   +1 more source

What Sustains Wars: Will to Fight Versus Military Might. [PDF]

Ann N Y Acad Sci
Atran S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Reducing Burnout and Disengagement: A Review of the Strategies of Social Change Organizations

Sociological Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The literature on burnout and persistence for activists or other social change actors has diversified from an explanation of causes to the study of how to address the challenges of disengagement. This review of the literature provides an analysis of organizational strategies for reducing burnout and disengagement.
David J. Hess
wiley   +1 more source

Traditional Islam in Kazakhstan: historical formation, state discourse, and contemporary challenges. [PDF]

Front Sociol
Kerim S, Kurmanaliyev M.
europepmc   +1 more source