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The Stranger in the Self. Hofmannsthal’s Relationship to Jewishness
European Journal of Life Writing, 2016 This articles examines Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s changing view on his own Jewish origins from a biographical perspective. In his youth Hofmannsthal not only repeatedly expressed sympathy for the Jews and their plights but also antipathy towards Roman ...
David Osterle
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Iberian Scepticism in Istanbul: The Hebrew Philosophical Dialogue Attributed to Don Joseph Nasi
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT On 28 April 1577, the printer Joseph Ya’abetz in Constantinople printed a rare Hebrew pamphlet titled Ben Porat Yosef (Joseph, the Offspring of a Fertile Tree). Its author, Isaac ben Samuel Onkeneira, claims to report a philosophical debate between Don Joseph Nasi (1524–1579), the powerful Portuguese‐born agent at the Ottoman court, and a ...
Carsten L. Wilke
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Im „ Reich der Unbegreiflichkeiten"
Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften, 1996 Structure and meaning of Austrian history has always been determined by the configuration of the state existing at the time historians were writing or in periods when historians rejected the form of the Austrian state, by an idealised version thereof ...
Gernot Heiss
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The Converso Diaspora and Iberian Empires
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Whereas there is no consensus among contemporary scholars in defining the Converso diaspora and its criteria of belonging, most of them highlighted its geographical, economic, cultural and political dependence on early modern Iberian empires.
Claude B. Stuczynski
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The Frontiersmen as an Object of Czech Nationalism 1918–1935
Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the phenomenon of the frontiersmen, that is, the Czech minority border communities, as a part of the discourse of the Czech nationalist movement. Via the example of the Czechoslovak National Democracy party, it traces the frontiersmen on two levels.
Dominik Šípoš
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Harbingers of dissolution? Grain prices, borders and nationalism in the Habsburg economy before the First World War [PDF]
This paper explores the pre-First World War Austro-Hungarian economy as a prominent case where growing conflict between various ethnic and national groups within an empire might have contributed to the emergence of internal borders and even its eventual ...
Wolf, Nikolaus, Schulze, Max-Stephan
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Crises and the Roman Empire [PDF]
, 2007 This volume presents the proceedings of the seventh workshop of the international thematic network Impact of Empire, which concentrates on the history of the Roman Empire. It focuses on the impact that crises had on the development and functioning of the
Impact of Empire (Organization).Workshop(7th :2006 :Nijmegen, Netherlands) +3 more
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The Empire is Dead, Long Live the Empire! Long-Run Persistence of Trust and Corruption in the Bureaucracy [PDF]
Do empires affect attitudes towards the state long after their demise? We hypothesize that the Habsburg Empire with its localized and well-respected administration increased citizens’ trust in local public services. In several Eastern European countries,
Ludger Woessmann +3 more
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Maximilian I's Quest for Legitimacy
SpectrumThis analysis explores the use of propaganda in Maximilian I’s Theuerdank. It examines how Maximilian used this text to bolster his image as a ruler and legitimize the Habsburg dynasty. Theuerdank conveys its political messages through two primary modes:
Ranger MacLennan
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Early Medieval Europe, Volume 34, Issue 4, Page 576-600, November 2026.This article presents a newly discovered Latin text: a theological treatise titled Liber testimoniorum veteris testamenti that was written by Alcuin’s friend Candidus (Wizo) at the request of Charlemagne. By discussing selected passages from the Heptateuch, Candidus seeks to demonstrate that Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, thus the whole Christian ...
Lukas J. Dorfbauer
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