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The History of the Transfiguration (Abalak) Churchyard in the 17th Century [PDF]
The archaeological research of the Transfiguration churchyard (the area of the Abalak Monastery of the Holy Sign) which was widely conducted in 2007 to 2010 allowed examining certain issues related to the history of the churchyard in more detail. The first generalizing work by P.
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Les lieux du pouvoir comme lieux sociaux sont pour l’historien nécessairement des lieux écrits – même le château de Versailles a bien changé depuis le xviie siècle et ce qui reste de la vie de cour gît dans des écrits tels que ceux que nous examinons ...
Dinah Ribard, Nicolas Schapira
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Paper Splitting: History and Modern Technology [PDF]
In the 19th century, restorers used paper splitting to separate recto and verso of double-sided prints or drawings. Today, the treatment is employed for strengthening weakened paper.
Brueckle, Irene, Dambrogio, Jana L.
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Civility, honour and male aggression in early modern English jestbooks
Abstract This article discusses the comical representation of inter‐male violence within early modern English jestbooks. It is based on a rigorous survey of the genre, picking out common themes and anecdotes, as well as discussing their reception and sociable functions. Previous scholarship has focused on patriarchs, subversive youths and impoliteness.
Tim Somers
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This article is the sequel to the article "The Bookplates of the Fund of Lituanica of the 17th Century at the Library of Lithuanian Academy of Science." There are 6,524 books with 1,883 bookplates in the Fund of Lituanica of the 18th century.
Alma Braziūnienė
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Keeping people in the dark about the consequences of Brexit is poor diplomacy [PDF]
Agreement in Brussels continues to elude the British. Michael Reynolds (University of Plymouth) looks at the history of European diplomacy. The 17th-century statesman Richelieu shunned domestic politics in favour of a diplomacy that put national ...
Reynolds, Michael
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Gendering Late Ottoman Society and Reconstructing Gender in the Women's Press
ABSTRACT This article analyses the construction of gender differences in the late Ottoman Empire through women's periodicals, which acted as a key medium in the redefinition of gender roles. It examines how new understandings of gender roles emerged amid rapid transformations in traditional societal structures, particularly in the women’s press.
Tuğba Karaman
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La Sarvāṅgayogapradīpikā de Sundardās: une classification des chemins de yoga au 17e siècle [PDF]
Sant Sundardās (1596-1689) wrote in the beginning of 17th century a versified exposition on yoga, a text entitled Sarvāṅgayogapradīpikā, in Brajbhāṣā.
Burger, Maya
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Haunting the Historiography of Slaves in South Asia from the nineteenth century to the present
ABSTRACT Using both English and Urdu‐language records, this article traces the career of a few African and Afro‐Asian women slaves in the household‐state of Awadh during the first half of the nineteenth century. Focusing on the same records, this article compares a master‐poet's recognition of the motherhood of the African and Afro‐Asian slaves to the ...
Indrani Chatterjee
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HISTORICAL AND MENTAL ROOTS OF MARGINAL CULTURE IN EUROPE IN THE 17TH CENTURY
The article is devoted to the phenomenon of marginal culturein Europe in the 17th century. The author studies the historical and mental origins of its formation, its characteristics and place in the cultural history of the continent.
G. G. Pikov
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