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A magia do novo. Índios cristãos nas fronteiras da Amazônia colonial
Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2011 This article deals with the dynamic invention processes of new identities, beliefs and forms of living produced by Christian Indians in the borders of the Colonial Amazon. These borders were constituted as Zones of Contact among different groups: Indians,
Almir Diniz de Carvalho Júnior
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An Inquisition for Propaganda and Mass Deception: Deposing the Neolithic Mind
Frontiers in Communication, 2021 Human language harbors a mechanical aberration, leaving human communication vulnerable to manipulation. Mass deception is the systematic exploitation of this linguistic glitch, the agency of which is premeditated indoctrination.
Robert L. Walsh
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Witch Hunting and Prosecuting in Early Modern Italy: A Historiographical Survey
Religions, 2023 This article critically assesses Italian scholarship on the history of witchcraft over the last 60 years. Beginning with Carlo Ginzburg’s influential Night Battles (published in 1966 and translated to English in 1983) and ending with the recent work of ...
Michaela Valente
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The Medieval Inquisition: Scale-free Networks and the Suppression of Heresy
, 2003 Qualitative evidence suggests that heresy within the medieval Catholic Church had many of the characteristics of a scale-free network. From the perspective of the Church, heresy can be seen as a virus.
Ormerod, Paul, Roach, Andrew
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Las redes protofeministas del luteranismo castellano en el proceso contra Isabel Ortiz, 1564-1565
Ler HistóriaThis article studies women accused of Lutheranism through the 1564 Inquisition trial against Isabel Ortiz. While recent studies portray Ortiz as a protofeminist for her independent life and attempt to publish a doctrinal book, this article shifts focus ...
Kathryn Phipps
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Felons’ chattels and English living standards in the later fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract The later fourteenth and fifteenth centuries have long occupied an intriguing and contested place in discussions of England's long‐run economic development. One key issue around which debate has coalesced is the living standards of the population as a whole and of different groups within it. We contribute to this debate by bringing forward new
Chris Briggs +4 more
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Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 1992 The article gives an introduction to the wotk of the Italian historian Carlo Ginzburg, known worldwide specially for the books The Cheese and the Worms, The Night Battles and Ecstasies. Deciphering hte Witches' Sabbath.
Ole Bay
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The Past Requires Reconciliation
The Ecumenical Review, EarlyView.Abstract This article presents three cases from the Orthodox Christian past that concern the defence of individuals and religious groups whose views differed from those of the official Orthodox Church. It also highlights the significance of the past in the Orthodox Christian context as a tradition that largely influences the behaviour of Orthodox ...
Petros A. Panagiotopoulos
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When Regulation Travels: Distrust and Disrespect
Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Endeavoring to avoid the pitfalls of being too trusting of regulated entities' compliance claims, regulators sometimes create regulatory systems with elaborate requirements for verification. But as these accountability and verification regimes attempt to circumvent one set of problems, they may inadvertently create others.
Carol A. Heimer
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Performance as Exchange: Taxation and Jewish Theatre in Early Modern Italy [PDF]
, 2013 In early modern Italy, an unusual form of exchange between Jewish and Christian communities materialized in Mantua: Jews in Mantua were required to perform an annual play as a tribute to their Gonzaga rulers.
Jaffe-Berg, E
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