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What do they talk about “in fair words” in Old Norse-Icelandic literature?

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The paper analyses the use of the paroemia at mæla fagrt ok hyggja flátt (to speak fairly and to think falsely) in the Old Norse-Icelandic literary corpus, focusing both on the paroemia and its derivative — the representation of the characters’ eloquence
D. S. Glebova
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Thomas Gray and the Goths: philology, poetry, and the uses of the Norse past in eighteenth-century England [PDF]

, 2014
In 1761 Thomas Gray composed two loose translations of Old Norse poems: The Fatal Sisters and The Descent of Odin. This article reconstructs Gray’s complex engagement with the world of seventeenth-century Scandinavian scholarship: recovering the texts he
Williams, Kelsey Jackson
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Sagas and genre: a case for application of network analysis to manuscripts preserving Old Norse-Icelandic saga literature [PDF]

, 2023
This study applies statistical approaches to the analysis of the genre relationships of Old Norse-Icelandic literature in order to expand our understanding of the relationships between works, their transmission, and their possible modes of reception, as ...
Kapitan, Katarzyna Anna, Wills, Tarrin
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Translating the Medieval Icelandic Romance-Sagas [PDF]

, 2014
This short note surveys recent work done on translating romances composed in medieval Iceland into English, focusing on translations produced at the University of Leeds.
Hall, ATP
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How can welfare regime and production regime theories explain differences in schools’ ability grouping policies? A comparative study using the PISA school survey

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research evidence is mixed on the consequences of ability grouping policies, but most research has found an overrepresentation of disadvantaged social demographics in low‐ability groups. However, researchers have neglected to explain why ability grouping policies vary between countries.
Monica Reichenberg, Girma Berhanu, Lena Fridlund   +2 more
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Company Location, Business Environment and Digital Maturity as Drivers of Environmental Innovation in Business

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Environmental protection has emerged as a global priority in the contemporary context. As pivotal actors in the transition towards sustainable development, companies play a crucial role through the adoption of environmental innovations. This study investigates how organisational characteristics—specifically geographical location, business ...
Carlos de las Heras‐Rosas, Juan Herrera‐Ballesteros, Pedro Mota Veiga, Rui Silva Rodrigues   +3 more
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Charting Resource Efficiency Practices Across European Firms: A Multilevel Analysis

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The circular economy (CE) is a key sustainability paradigm, prompting European Union (EU) organizations and policymakers to move beyond linear production and consumption models. The study aimed to assess the implementation patterns of nine CE activities among EU companies and to explore how the implementation of these CE activities relates to ...
Sofia Gomes, João M. Lopes, Elisabete Nogueira   +2 more
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Memory, genealogy and power in íslendingabók [PDF]

Diversitate si Identitate Culturala in Europa, 2017
The aim of this study is to reveal the manner in which memory and genealogy are employed in Íslendingabók with the purpose of legitimizing the power and promoting the prestige of chieftains (goði), bishops and kings.
Costel COROBAN
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The Orality of a Silent Age: The Place of Orality in Medieval Studies [PDF]

, 2008
'The Orality of a Silent Age: The Place of Orality in Medieval Studies' uses a brief survey of current work on Old English poetry as the point of departure for arguing that although useful, the concepts of orality and literacy have, in medieval studies ...
Hall, Alaric
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance in Europe: The Moderating Effects of Industry, Culture, and Governance

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and financial performance for European firms, and the moderating roles of industry and country‐specific factors in this relationship. Studying a sample of 2340 companies across 18 countries, we find Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) scores to ...
Veda Fatmy, Venla Haavisto, Janne Äijö
wiley   +1 more source