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‘The Tragedy of a Small Nation’: Alexander Devine and British Perspectives on the Montenegrin Question, 1918–24

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the pro‐Montenegrin political campaigns of Alexander Devine, a schoolmaster and journalist who became Montenegro's leading British advocate following its incorporation into the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes after the First World War.
ROSS CAMERON
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Luke's Preface: The Greek Decree, Classical Historiography and Christian Redefinitions

, 2011
The single type of writing that Luke's Preface resembles most is the Greek decree. Along with other indications, the structure situates Luke in the tradition of Classical historiography. It also creates important links to the narrative, helping to define:
John Moles
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Aspekt historiograficzny Herodota, Tukidydesa i Plutarcha w chrystologii Dziejów Apostolskich

Colloquia Theologica Ottoniana, 2019
The first part of the article describes the beginnings of ancient historiography and presents the methods used by the first Greek historians: Herodotus, Thucydides and Plutarch.
Katarzyna Sługocka
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From Accra to Tokyo: African Sportswomen's Excellence and Respectability in Twentieth‐Century Global Sports

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses the racialized and gendered constraints faced by African sportswomen in international sporting competitions, from the interwar period to the 1980s, with a focus on the policing and expectations framing young international athletes’ acceptable behaviour.
Claire Nicolas
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Jewish Historiography [PDF]

, 2020
Josephus’s Antiquitates judaicae returns us to our starting point because it sits on both sides of the question, “What constitutes Jewish historiography?” On the one hand, Josephus views historiography as a Greek undertaking. This confident Judean priest
Mason, Steve, STEVE MASON
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The Momentum of ‘Developed’: Bodies of Water, Aging Bodies and Malta's Interventions at the UN

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Histories of major powers continue to shape how many scholars conceptualize internationalism. By focusing on Malta's interventions at the UN challenges, this article challenges such narrative. In particular, it examines Arvid Pardo's 1967 petition that the seabed be reconceived and protected as the ‘common heritage of mankind’ and Vincent ...
Brianne Wesolowski
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The Loss of Thessaloniki in the First Balkan War

Türkiyat Mecmuası
In the 19th century, the rivalry of the Balkan nations with each other and with the Ottoman State caused a great turmoil in the Ottoman Balkan geography. Despite the ethnic and religious conflicts, the Balkan states came together with nationalist motives
Arzu Erman
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Seizing the Regno: Relics and the Politics of Aragonese Expansion in the Fifteenth‐Century Mediterranean

History, EarlyView.
Abstract On 2 June 1442, Alfonso V of Aragon seized the throne of Naples after twenty years of violence, rivalry and warfare between the houses of Anjou and Trastámara over control of the Italian Regno. Over the span of his sixteen‐year reign, Alfonso used Naples as a tool to build his reputation as a new Roman and Imperial ruler in the Italian south ...
Jessica L. Minieri
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The kingdom of Greece and the First Balkan war: aspirations and achievements [PDF]

Bezbednosni Dijalozi, 2013
Macedonian historiography, even though a relatively young scientific discipline compared to the other Balkan historiographies, has so far elaborated the main events and processes related to the Balkan Wars (1912-1913). However, it is understandable that
Dimitar Ljorovski Vamvakovski, Strashko Stojanovski   +1 more
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The Politics of Othering in the 'Happy Soul': Historicising Abjection in the Promise of Joy for Childhood and Play

Children &Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article interrogates the politics of othering embedded in the taken‐for‐granted association of childhood, play, joy, and happiness. It explores how these notions are historically inscribed as forms of otherness tied to the affective normativity of joy.
Chushan Wu
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