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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
wiley   +1 more source

Restorative dentistry in Early Modern Scotland: archaeological evidence of the use of a gold ligature. [PDF]

Br Dent J
Dittmar JM, Crozier R, Cameron A, Mann B, Oxenham MF.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

Continuity or change in the transition to Islam? A diachronic assessment of agricultural production at Old Dongola, Northern Sudan (14th-18th centuries CE). [PDF]

PLoS One
Nasreldein M, Riehl S, Obłuski A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Grocery Retail Location Patterns in Brno: Clustering, Inequality and Street Network Centrality

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract This study aims to evaluate the spatial distribution and clustering patterns of grocery retail chains in Brno, Czech Republic, focusing on national and multinational stores. By employing Geographic Information Systems and advanced spatial analysis techniques, including the nearest neighbour method, standard deviational ellipse, Kernel density ...
Josef Kunc, František Križan, Markéta Novotná, Ján Výbošťok, Klára Charvátová, Kristína Bilková   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘In Curaçao They Celebrate King's Day Abundantly!’ – Diachronic Representation of (Post)colonial Communities in Dutch Geography Textbook Discourse (1946–2018)

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract Postcolonial textbook research leads us to reflect on the representation of (post)colonial communities in educational media for adolescents in geography education. This paper contributes to this scholarship through Critical Discourse Analysis tracing how nine Dutch geography textbooks (1946–2018) have represented such communities from ...
Marthe Wierenga, Dietha Koster
wiley   +1 more source

200 years of dinosaur discoveries -a visual portrayal of their geographic and historical origins. [PDF]

PeerJ
Henderson DM.
europepmc   +1 more source

No History Without a Method: Anticipation and Other Bad Contexts

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper argues for the centrality of methodological awareness in writing the history of philosophy. It does this by analysing and comparing different interpretive proposals presented by those engaged with past philosophical texts. Taking the literature on Thomas Hobbes from past and present century as an example, it shows the merits of ...
Ieva Höhne
wiley   +1 more source

Book-embedded hair reveals mineral-rich diets among urban commoners in early modern to modern Japan. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Maruyama A, Kuwaki S, Kimura S, Sanada Y, Oikawa M, Futatsukawa S, Kohmatsu Y, Iriguchi A.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Indian English Complaint Tradition: ‘Old Chestnuts’ and New Perspectives

World Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT English usage in India has been the target of a linguistic complaint tradition ‘which has taken the form of complaint about so‐called mis‐use of language and linguistic decline’ since the 19th century. The Indian English (IndE) complaint tradition in the 21st century has shifted from colonial to postcolonial in that IndE usage is now targeted ...
Claudia Lange, Sven Leuckert
wiley   +1 more source