The Battle on the River Boyne in 1690 (based on the English, the Scottish and the Irish Sourses) [PDF]
The article is devoted to the battle on the river Boyne (July 1, 1690) – one of the largest battles of the War of the League of Augsburg and the largest battle in the history of Ireland. The conflict was caused by a clash between two crowned rivals
Stankov, Kirill N.
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Non-Chalcedonian (Ancient Eastern) communities and the foreign policy of the Russian state and the Church. Late 19th and early 20th centuries [PDF]
The article analyzes the contacts of the Russian state and Church in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century with the non-Chalcedonian communities - the Assyrian-Nestorians of Northern Persia and Eastern Turkey, the Syro-Jacobites of Mesopotamia,
Alexander Polunov
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Tsarist Doctors in the Implementation of Peter the Great’s Foreign Policy Initiatives in 1716–1721
The article is devoted to the role of tsarist doctors in solving several foreign policy issues in Russia during the reign of Peter the Great. It analyzes the activities of two doctors Robert Areskin and George Polikala.
A. V. Morokhin
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Reception of the writings of Martyrius-Sahdona in several confessions
The article deals the problem of reception in several confessions of the writings of the ascetic writer and bishop of the Church of the East Martyrius-Sahdona (o. ~650). The question about his confessional orientation is not clear now.
hierodeacon Maxim (Sudakov)
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Irish Jacobites in Continental Europe at End of 17th — 18th Centuries
The problem of migration of the Irish military to the European continent in modern times is examined in the article. Particular attention is paid to their role, political attitudes and adaptation in host societies.
V. Yu. Apryshchenko, N. A. Lagoshina
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Unchanging parts of the Syro-Jacobite daily cycle of church service [PDF]
This article deals with the stable elements within the daily cycle of worship in the Western Syriac (Syro-Jacobite) tradition, namely, the initial and final prayer texts.
Pavel Kuzminykh
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Seward, The King Over the Water: A Complete History of the Jacobites (Birlinn, 2019)
Review of Desmond Seward, The King Over the Water: A Complete History of the Jacobites (Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2019).
Georgia Vullinghs
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Sir James Thornhill’s fresco on the ceiling of the Painted Hall in Greenwich was executed during Queen Anne’s reign. The political tensions of the time crystallised in the interpretations of the allegorical figure of tyranny, at the centre of the ...
Noémi Duperron
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Between Public and Private Spaces: Jacobite Diplomacy in Vienna, 1725-1742
This article assesses Jacobite activities at the Habsburg court in Vienna from the mid-1720s to the early 1740s. Three Jacobite diplomatic agents belonging to the Stuart court in exile were sent to Vienna during this time.
Stephen Griffin
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Letters of Friedrich Christian Weber to John Robeson from Russia, 1718-1719
The article examines the correspondence of the Hanoverian resident in Russia Friedrich Christian Weber over the period from January 1718 to the spring of 1720.
I. I. Fedyukin, A. D. Novikova
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