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Wealth, Inheritance, and Concentration: Italy and Its Regions From the Unification to the Great War
ABSTRACT In the economic history of post‐unification Italy, the question of wealth has been largely neglected. We fill this gap with a new set of estimates of wealth concentration from 1863 to 1914, using national inheritance tax tabulations, combined with existing micro‐data for the cities of Milan and Naples. While the level of our estimates for this
Giacomo Gabbuti, Salvatore Morelli
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Enlightenment, Modernization, Professional Training
Western historical narratives of the Enlightenment tend to depict the eighteenth-century aristocracy as a unique promoter of overall progress, whereas Hungarian historiography is more inclined to appraise their role according to a deprecating approach ...
György Kurucz
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The present essay seeks, by way of the Austrian example, to make a contribution to what might be called the philosophy of the supranational state. More specifically, we shall attempt to use certain ideas on the philosophy of Gestalten as a basis for ...
Grassl, Wolfgang, Smith, Barry
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Symposium on The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism
ABSTRACT This symposium consists of two critical reviews of The Cambridge History of Nationhood and Nationalism by Eric Storm and John Breuilly, followed by a response to those critiques by the editors of the two volumes.
John Breuilly +4 more
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Die Rezeption des deutschen Fürstenbundes. Von Zeitgenossen bis Leopold von Ranke
The following paper examines how the history of the “German Fürstenbund” from 1785 was told by contemporary and late 19th century politicians and historians.
Nikolaus Bliem
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This paper analyses the manuscript map of central and parts of northern Dalmatia by an unknown author in the first decade of the 16th century. It is the oldest preserved detailed depiction of a Croatian region and is currently housed in the State ...
Kristijan Juran +2 more
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History of Poland during the Middle Ages [PDF]
The present book “Poland – History, Culture and Society. Selected Readings” is the third edition of a collection of academic texts written with the intention to accompany the module by providing incoming students with teaching materials that will assist ...
Kowalska-Pietrzak, Anna
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Women Suppliers to Medieval Courts: Making Visible Ducal and Royal Power
Abstract This article analyses under‐studied women suppliers to medieval courts, with a focus on Burgundian and French courts of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Through its archival research, it identifies over a hundred women involved in creating, supplying and repairing objects.
Katherine A. Wilson
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Die Grundzüge der Politik des Wiener Hofes gegenüber den Sozialen Klassen und Kategorien Siebenbürgens (1688–1790) [PDF]
Social policy has been a key component of the absolutist regime of the Habsburgs in Transylvania. An important aspect of social policy was the Viennese Court's position regarding social classes and categories from Principality.
Marinel Ovidiu Koch – Tufiș
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During the sixteenth century there were many attempts to regulate and establish a conduct code for space management and the staff serving the monarchs and their children, creating the structure of the Infanta of Spain’s House.
María ALBALADEJO MARTÍNEZ
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