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Christian Labor and the Politics of Frustration in Imperial Germany

The American Historical Review, 1985
Ellen L. Evans, Eric Dorn Brose
openaire   +2 more sources

Tudor England and Stewart Scotland Through Spanish Eyes: A Complete Transcription and Translation of Pedro de Ayala's Letter of 1498 to King Ferdinand of Castile and Queen Isabella of Aragon

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Pedro de Ayala served as a diplomat for King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile at the courts of Henry VII, King of England, and James IV, King of Scots. In July 1498, he wrote a letter, partly in cipher, to report to his king and queen on such matters as Spain's interests in international diplomacy; the characters and ...
Adrian William Jaime, Valeria Tapia Cruz, Mairi Cowan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Medieval genomes from eastern Iberia illuminate the role of Morisco mass deportations in dismantling a long-standing genetic bridge with North Africa. [PDF]

Genome Biol
Oteo-Garcia G, Silva M, Foody MGB, Yau B, Fichera A, Alapont L, Justeau P, Rodrigues S, Monteiro R, Gandini F, Rovira Gomar ML, Ribera I Lacomba A, Pascual Beneyto J, Mattiangeli V, Bradley DG, Edwards CJ, Pala M, Richards MB.   +17 more
europepmc   +1 more source

‘There Has Been a Scandal’: Cultural Performers and the Strangers’ Churches of London

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite what one might assume to have been a rigid line between London's refugee community—with its strict brand of Protestantism—and the city's performance cultures—often the target of strict Protestants' ire—historical records reveal a number of overlaps between those domains.
Matteo Pangallo
wiley   +1 more source

Free Expression and Coerced Choice: The Role of the Army and Lord Protector in Miltonic Freedom

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scholarly approaches to understanding freedom in Milton's prose tend to connect Milton's ideas to either liberalism or republicanism. Neither of these approaches is sufficient because freedom, for Milton, was not a single concept. Milton explored political and religious freedom very differently.
Benjamin Woodford
wiley   +1 more source

Troubling the Canon: Language, Geography, and the Politics of STS Publishing in Five Decades of Journal Publications. [PDF]

Soc Stud Sci
Meloni M, Issaka A, Cadman S, Hegarty B, Chiapperino L, Moll T.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Obesity and the Politics of Taddeo di Bartolo's Inferno

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines Taddeo di Bartolo's depiction of Hell in the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, the mother church of San Gimignano. In a striking departure from similar scenes of the period, the fresco, painted in the early fifteenth century, emphasizes the obesity of the sinners—suggesting a deliberate visual critique.
Stefania Roccas Gandal
wiley   +1 more source

A Journey Between Science and the Arts: Templates for the Depiction of the Pineapple (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
wiley   +1 more source

Russia and the Birth of Right‐Wing Terrorism: Mass Politics, Antisemitism, and the Assassination of Mikhail Gertsenshtein

The Russian Review, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the assassination of Duma representative Mikhail Gertsenshtein in July 1906 as the pivotal moment for the emergence of the concept of “right‐wing terrorism” (pravyi terrorizm) in the Russian Empire. Drawing on court documents, police files, and censorship reports, this article argues that the significance of the ...
Moritz Florin
wiley   +1 more source

One size fits all: How the "Ethiopian Highlands" made Bale Mountains National Park inscrutable. [PDF]

Environ Plan E Nat Space
Chignell SM, Ramachandran A, Satterfield T.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source