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Byzantine Turns in Modern Greek Thought and Historiography, 1767-1874

open access: yesHistorical Review, 2015
This article examines representations of Byzantium in Modern Greek historical thought, from the first translation (1767) of the Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae to the publication of Konstantinos Paparrigopoulos’ complete Ἱστορία τοῦ Ἑλληνικού ...
Dean Kostantaras
doaj   +1 more source

Peasants into Muslims: Poverty and conversions to Islam in Ottoman Bosnia

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Whilst economic historians have invested substantial effort into understanding the economic consequences of religion, they have invested less effort into understanding the determinants of religious affiliation. The lack of knowledge about determinants of religious affiliation seems particularly striking in the case of Southeastern Europe ...
Leonard Kukić, Yasin Arslantas
wiley   +1 more source

The Failure of the Aetolian Deditio as a Didactic Cultural Clash in the Histories of Polybius (20.9-10) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper examines the Aetolian deditio in fidem of 191 as described by Polybius 20.9-10. Erich Gruen influentially interpreted Polybius’ description as inconsistent and exaggerated, on the grounds that Greeks and Romans from the 3rd and 2nd centuries ...
Moreno Leoni, Álvaro Matías
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The (trans)national Russian religious imagination in exile: Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977)

open access: yesModern Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract The article offers a case study of how Russian Orthodox who migrated from the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 reimagined their religious identity and their church in a transnational setting. Iulia de Beausobre (1893‐1977) was a Russian aristocrat who fell victim to the Stalinist purges but survived the Soviet prison system ...
Ruth Coates
wiley   +1 more source

La translatio imperii dal mondo greco al mondo romano

open access: yesErga-Logoi, 2018
The concept of translatio imperii which, in the most wellknown and widespread scheme in the ancient world, consists in the succession Assyrians - Medes - Persians - Macedonians, has by now become an interpretative category of world history.
Franca Landucci
doaj   +1 more source

The Study of the Mas'udi's History (290-346 AH) in Altanbihwalashraf with Emphasis on Sources [PDF]

open access: yesتاریخ نگری و تاریخ نگاری, 2018
Although the study of the work of Massoudi's historiography is not limited to the book of Altanbihwalashraf, it would be said that the main branch of his historiography is encompassed.  Masoudi, a prominent historian of the third and fourth centuries, is
Hasan Mojarabi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Masada to Sarikamis: Trauma and Defeat Turns Into Heroic Resistance and Ontological Security

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article traces the characteristics of the political discourse in the post‐modern era, which sees the necessity of using traumas and defeat to create national‐religious narratives. Through a critical discourse study of two case studies—the Battle of Masada (73 CE) and the Battle of Sarikamis (1914–1915), this article presents an analytical
Tarik Basbugoglu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Regards croisés sur les transferts culturels gréco-roumains : bilan d’un siècle (xxe siècle)

open access: yesCahiers Balkaniques, 2014
In this approach I will attempt to sketch, using the work of a vast range of Greek and Romanian intellectuals, the reciprocal interests, thematic resemblances as well as a few important research directions pursued by both sides throughout the 20th ...
Anna Tabaki
doaj   +1 more source

Challenges and solutions for Latin named entity recognition [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Although spanning thousands of years and genres as diverse as liturgy, historiography, lyric and other forms of prose and poetry, the body of Latin texts is still relatively sparse compared to English.
Ajaka, Petra   +6 more
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Nezihe Muhiddin and the Struggle for Women’s Franchise. The Defeat of Feminism by Nationalism in Early Republican Turkey

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article focuses on Nezihe Muhiddin, a pioneering figure in Turkish–Ottoman first‐wave feminism, who sought to secure women's political rights by attempting to establish the Women's People Party in 1923, over a decade before women gained suffrage.
Barbara Dell’Abate Çelebi
wiley   +1 more source

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