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Haunting History: Women, Catholicism, and the Writing of National History in Sophia Lee's 'The Recess' [PDF]
, 2014 This chapter explores strategies of re-writing British history in The Recess, with particular attention to the ways in which hagiography and historiography shape responses to the nation’s past.
Kramer, Kaley
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Saint Menas in Medieval Georgia
Vox PatrumDespite the survival of St Menas’s hagiography in various Georgian iterations and his commemoration in practically all Georgian calendars and martyrologies – both pre- Constantinopolitan and Byzantine – the cult of St Menas was weak in Georgia.
Nikoloz Aleksidze
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Between Hagiography and Insanity: Refracting Political Violence in William Trevor’s Elegiac Fiction [PDF]
Estudios Irlandeses, 2019 This article explores William Trevor’s depiction of hagiography and insanity in a body of novels and short stories portraying the violent intrusions of history in the lives of ordinary individuals. It is contended that at the core of Trevor’s fiction lie
Angelo Monaco
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Problems of Studying Russian Hagiography
Слово.ру: балтийский акцент, 2017 This article outlines the major problems of studying Russian hagiography. The author responds to the challenge of performing a comprehensive analysis of a hagiographic text, while preserving the unity of the content and the form.
Dorofeeva L. G.
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‘I'm Dead!’: Action, Homicide and Denied Catharsis in Early Modern Spanish Drama
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.Abstract In early modern Spanish drama, the expression ‘¡Muerto soy!’ (‘I'm dead!’) is commonly used to indicate a literal death or to figuratively express a character's extreme fear or passion. Recent studies, even one collection published under the title of ‘¡Muerto soy!’, have paid scant attention to the phrase in context, a serious omission when ...
Ted Bergman
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Научный диалог, 2018 The article deals with the question of the meaning-forming role of verbal units as one of the means of expressing the moral ideal in the Russian original hagiography of the 19th-20th centuries.
N. A. Starodubtseva
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Four Dimensions of Presidential Leadership: Rethinking Nelson Mandela's Presidency
Presidential Studies Quarterly, Volume 56, Issue 1, March 2026.ABSTRACT This article applies a four‐dimensional analytical framework to re‐evaluate Nelson Mandela's presidency (1994–1999). The framework distinguishes tensions and synergies across four key domains of leadership: executive and symbolic, party and state, international and domestic, and formal versus informal.
Anthony Butler
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Journal of African Christian Biography: v. 1, no. 1 [PDF]
, 2016 A publication of the Dictionary of African Christian Biography with U.S. offices located at the Center for Global Christianity and Mission at Boston University. This issue focuses on: 1.
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Hagiographie et théorie mimétique
Carnets, 2018 The Martyrs of Lyons and Vienne, preserved in Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History, book V, describes one of the cruelest persecutions to be executed against the early Church.
Julia Sei
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Utilizing traditional literature to triangulate the ecological history of a tropical savanna
People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 1, Page 81-98, January 2026.Abstract The ecological history of tropical savannas remains a subject of intense debate and of high conservation relevance. Despite emerging evidence suggesting the antiquity of tropical savannas, the misconception that all tropical savannas are products of anthropogenic deforestation still dominates public and policy spheres.
Ashish N. Nerlekar, Digvijay Patil
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